Weight | 0.320 kg |
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Dimensions | 198 × 129 × 21 mm |
ISBN | 9780007549894 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2014 |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
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Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies
Thomas Cromwell. Son of a blacksmith, political genius, briber, charmer, bully. A man with a deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.
Mike Poulton’s ‘expertly adapted’ (Evening Standard) two-part ad adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is a ‘gripping piece of narrative theatre … history made manifest’ (Guardian). The plays were premiered to great acclaim by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2013, before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End in May 2014.
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