Sir Thomas More - Shakespeare & Others (BBC)

Sir Thomas More - Presumed to be by William Shakespeare and others.



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Radio Version by Penny Gold



Music specially composed by Philip Lane



BBC Radio 3 1983



with Ian McKellen as Sir Thomas More.



Written by Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, Anthony Munday & William Shakespeare. 







The attribution of this play is by no means certain, although it is included in the 2007 second edition of The Oxford Shakespeare's complete works. For those interested in this aspect the Wikipedia entry for the play goes

into more detail. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_More_(play)









The play dramatizes the life of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), a leading Renaissance scholar. More's opposition to Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent refusal to swear that the king's authority superseded the pope's led to his execution in 1535.



Before taking his stand against Henry, More had distinguished himself as a writer and thinker, as a member of Parliament, and as an under-sheriff of London, a position he assumed in 1510. After attracting the attention of the king, More rose further in the political ranks, serving as a diplomat, as a speaker of the House of Commons, as an adviser to the king and finally as Lord Chancellor of England. 



However, More's opposition to Henry's divorce effectively ended his career. Two years after he resigned as chancellor, the king imprisoned him, held a mock trial, and ordered his hanging, drawing and quartering. The king, however, showed 'mercy' and allowed the sentence to be commuted to mere beheading. As More noted 'this is a mercy most people would be glad to go without'.







The Cast:



Sir Thomas More....................Ian McKellen

Betts/Wit..........................Stuart Organ

Lincoln/Butler.....................Eric Allan

Doll Williamson....................Carole Boyd

De Barde/Erasmus...................Michael Shannon

Williamson.........................Brett Usher

Caveler/William Roper..............Alex Jenkins

Sherwin............................Michael Bilton

Lord Mayor.........................John Hollis

Suresby............................Bernard Brown

Smart/First Player.................Clive Panto

Lifter.............................Haydn Jones

Shrewsbury.........................Cyril Luckham

Surrey.............................David Gooderson

Palmer.............................Geoffrey Collins

Catesby............................John Webb

Clown/Horsekeeper..................James Bryce

John Munday/Brewer.................Tomothy Bateson

Downes.............................David Peart

Sheriff/Warder.....................Peter Tuddenham

Boy Player.........................Richard Huw

Lady More..........................Jean Trend

Lady Mayoress......................Madi Hedd

Bishop of Rochester................Godfrey Kenton

Mistress Roper.....................Fiona Walker

Lieutenant of the Tower............Michael Spice



Music specially composed by Philip Lane



Directed by Martin Jenkins





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