Performance

Venue	Swan Theatre
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	19th December 2013
Opened	8th January 2014
To	29th March 2014
When	In rep 19:30. Jan 8 19:00.Jan 18, 31, Feb 15, 19, Mar 1, 8, 19 Mats 13:30
Swan Theatre (V136)
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Date of change: 4 Nov 13 - T01922219646

Bring Up the Bodies

Work:: Bring Up the Bodies (S1236209957)

Anne Boleyn is now Queen, her path to Henry's side cleared by Thomas Cromwell. But Henry remains without a male heir, and the conflict with the Catholic Church has left England dangerously isolated as France and the Holy Roman Empire ominously manoeuvre for position.

Book by

Hilary Mantel

Production:: (T01922219646)

Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies paint the compelling portrait of the political rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the Tudor Court.

Producer	Royal Shakespeare Company
Adapted by	Mike Poulton
Director	Jeremy Herrin
Design	Christopher Oram
Lighting	David Plater
Sound	Nick Powell
Director	Sian Williams (movement)
Music	Stephen Warbeck
Performer	Ben Miles (Thomas Cromwell)
Performer	Joey Batey (Mark Smeaton)
Performer	Nicholas Boulton (Duke of Suffolk)
Performer	Lucy Briers (Katherine of Aragon / Jane Boleyn / Lady Rochford)
Performer	Leah Brotherhead (Jane Seymour / Princess Mary / Lady Worcester)
Performer	Alexander Cobb (Rafe Sadler)
Performer	Olivia Darnley (Mary Boleyn / Lizzie / Mary Shelton)
Performer	Nicholas Day (Duke of Norfolk)
Performer	Daniel Fraser (Gregory Cromwell)
Performer	Madeleine Hyland (Lady in Waiting / Maid)
Performer	Paul Jesson (Cardinal Wolsey / Cardinal Wolsey's ghost / Sir John Seymour / Kingston)
Performer	Lydia Leonard (Anne Boleyn)
Performer	Ben Miles (Thomas Cromwell)
Performer	Pierro Niel Mee (Christophe / Francis Weston)
Performer	Nathaniel Parker (King Henry VIII)
Performer	Oscar Pearce (George Boleyn / Lord Rochford / Edward Seymour)
Performer	Matthew Pidgeon (Stephen Gardiner / Eustache Chapuys)
Performer	John Ramm (Thomas More / Harry Norris)
Performer	Nicholas Shaw (Harry Percy / Brereton)
Performer	Giles Taylor (Cranmer / Thomas Boleyn / Packington)
Performer	Jay Taylor (Thomas Wyatt)

Listing:: L01903980492

Production details

Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies paint the compelling portrait of the political rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the Tudor Court.

Reviews

Bring up the Bodies review
09Jan14: Hilary Mantel's book on stage - part II

jim: 09Jan14:
A glorious evening of real theatre

User Reviews

jim (09Jan14): A glorious evening of real theatre

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