I liked it a lot. Sir Thomas More gives some stirring speeches about conscience, and the Common Man has some interesting scenes, too. The stage directions were so detailed that I could picture quite clearly what the staging looks like. Now I just need to see it staged. The film was released in 1966 and won an Academy Award. It's on my Netflix queue now--we shall see if it lives up to my expectations!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Book 25: A Man for All Seasons
Having read the first two books of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy, I knew I had to read this, to get another (fictionalized) view of Sir Thomas More.
I liked it a lot. Sir Thomas More gives some stirring speeches about conscience, and the Common Man has some interesting scenes, too. The stage directions were so detailed that I could picture quite clearly what the staging looks like. Now I just need to see it staged. The film was released in 1966 and won an Academy Award. It's on my Netflix queue now--we shall see if it lives up to my expectations!
I liked it a lot. Sir Thomas More gives some stirring speeches about conscience, and the Common Man has some interesting scenes, too. The stage directions were so detailed that I could picture quite clearly what the staging looks like. Now I just need to see it staged. The film was released in 1966 and won an Academy Award. It's on my Netflix queue now--we shall see if it lives up to my expectations!
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I loved this book! It is on Susan Wise-Bauer's Well-Educated Mind List. The movie is excellent also!
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