The greatest, most powerful and dangerous figures who shaped English history are brought vividly to life in Robert Bolt’s award-winning play. Martin Shaw stars as Sir Thomas More – scholar, ambassador ...

The Martin Shaw-led piece toured the UK earlier this year. Robert Bolt’s play explores the events surrounding Henry VIII’s demand for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, which would clear the way for ...

Shaw is to reprise his turn as Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt’s play, which offers a portrait of the former Lord Chancellor as his principles and his friendship with King Henry VIII are tested ...

King Henry VIII: [shouting angrily] I have no queen! Catherine's not my wife! No priest can make her so! They that say she is my wife are not only liars, but traitors! Yes, traitors that I will not ...

is the filmed version of the hit musical about the six wives of Henry VIII that has taken the ... is indeed broken. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss would go on to star in the ...

He married Margaret Tudor, Henry VIII’s elder sister, only to be killed during the ... The king had passionate bonds with men including Patrick Gray, Alexander (Sandy) Lindsay, Robert Carr, and George ...

1944: The first Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz. On the same day, General Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. 1945: US 7th Army & ...