Wolf Hall

2014-07-10 12:02:46

hjnatdat

For those of you in the UK forget Martin Freeman and go and see Wolf Hall/Bring up the Bodies. It's restored my faith that very good historical drama can still be produced and in lovely costumes too. It has all the things that PG productions lack, wit, irony, cynicism, slapstick and marvellous characterisation right down to the servants. You feel you know everyone and their motives.

And it's worth seeing just for the portrayal of the sainted Thomas - a loner, unpopular, someone out of step with the world in which he lives. As one critic says 'a man for all treasons'. Some might consider that an extreme interpretation, but it ties in with his arrogant clashes with HT as outlined in Penn. H

Re: Wolf Hall

2014-07-10 15:27:05

Jonathan Evans

Glad you enjoyed them!

Jonathan

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Re: Wolf Hall

2014-07-10 19:26:53

Hilary Jones

Did indeed Jonathan! And for added bonus we had Alex Jennings pop in for a packet of sandwiches at the place where we were grabbing some. Did you see his Richard II with Anton Lesser as Bolingbroke?. We were all a bit younger then. H

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Glad you enjoyed them!

Jonathan

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For those of you in the UK forget Martin Freeman and go and see Wolf Hall/Bring up the Bodies. It's restored my faith that very good historical drama can still be produced and in lovely costumes too. It has all the things that PG productions lack, wit, irony, cynicism, slapstick and marvellous characterisation right down to the servants. You feel you know everyone and their motives.And it's worth seeing just for the portrayal of the sainted Thomas - a loner, unpopular, someone out of step with the world in which he lives. As one critic says 'a man for all treasons'. Some might consider that an extreme interpretation, but it ties in with his arrogant clashes with HT as outlined in Penn. H

Re: Wolf Hall

2014-07-10 23:45:57

Jonathan Evans

Yes, I saw Alex Jennings' Richard II. Think I was about 18, so quite a bit younger! In fact, I wrote my BA dissertation on that and, in comparison, McKellen's Richard III. Seen several RII's, including Jacobi, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Redmayne and David Tennant, but Jennings remains one of my favourites.

Loved some of the sly humour in the Mantel plays, especially the joke about every other character being called Thomas!

Jonathan

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Re: Wolf Hall

2014-07-12 09:19:02

Hilary Jones

You are younger than me Jonathan; I had a sixteen year old daughter in tow! How I wish I'd seen Jacobi's Richard II, I still like his Hamlet and I've seen many, many Hamlets, the biggest let down of which was Branagh; I thought it would never end. And what a dissertation - I think mine was on the social impact of Board Schools in nineteenth century Coventry, really invigorating. Yes, I think Gregory (and indeed many historical novelists) never understand that life is a balance of light and dark. That's something Shakespeare did so well. I loved the digs at the morality of the church (Wolsey and his women) but it succeeded in making the sainted Thomas look the prude which was very clever. And of course there was at least one reference to the 'old king' being a hard man. Get to see it if you can folks! H

On Thursday, 10 July 2014, 23:46, "Jonathan Evans jmcevans98@... []" <> wrote:

Yes, I saw Alex Jennings' Richard II. Think I was about 18, so quite a bit younger! In fact, I wrote my BA dissertation on that and, in comparison, McKellen's Richard III. Seen several RII's, including Jacobi, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Redmayne and David Tennant, but Jennings remains one of my favourites.

Loved some of the sly humour in the Mantel plays, especially the joke about every other character being called Thomas!

Jonathan

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Did indeed Jonathan! And for added bonus we had Alex Jennings pop in for a packet of sandwiches at the place where we were grabbing some. Did you see his Richard II with Anton Lesser as Bolingbroke?. We were all a bit younger then. H

On Thursday, 10 July 2014, 15:27, "Jonathan Evans jmcevans98@... []" <> wrote:

Glad you enjoyed them!

Jonathan

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For those of you in the UK forget Martin Freeman and go and see Wolf Hall/Bring up the Bodies. It's restored my faith that very good historical drama can still be produced and in lovely costumes too. It has all the things that PG productions lack, wit, irony, cynicism, slapstick and marvellous characterisation right down to the servants. You feel you know everyone and their motives.And it's worth seeing just for the portrayal of the sainted Thomas - a loner, unpopular, someone out of step with the world in which he lives. As one critic says 'a man for all treasons'. Some might consider that an extreme interpretation, but it ties in with his arrogant clashes with HT as outlined in Penn. H

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