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A Man for All Seasons was written by Robert Bolt in the early 1960’s when many people, including the author, believed nuclear warheads would demolish the world. ...
It is at this stage that we start to see parallels appearing between Robert Bolt’s life and the life of Sir Thomas More, which he characterised in A Man for All Seasons. ... the idea was to make some token breach of the law……I wrote back and said I hated the idea of breaking the law as you’ll have gathered from A Man for All Seasons. ... Bolt clearly had a lot of respect for the character and thought of him as a very moral and virtuous man who he thought very highly of. ... In the preface to the play, it is clear that Bolt respects and almost worships More when he writes, “Why do I take as my hero a man who brings about his own death because he can’t put his hand on an old black book and tell an ordinary lie?”
When Bolt wrote A Man for All Seasons, he created a character that appeared perfect. Here Bolt had created a man who was flawless; his family and his country respected him. ... Bolt’s morals and ideas appear to be stuck in the era that his play was written in. ... Spiegel appealed to Bolt’s conscience and told him that all the film crew was going without pay and that the film itself was also in jeopardy. ... Bolt wanted desperately to be a righteous man yet he failed miserably. ... Neither man had any sympathy for anybody else and were totally selfish and self-absorbed. ... Rich was an easy target for a man such as Cromwell and Cromwell took advantage of this.
Approximate Word count = 2214
Approximate Pages = 8.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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