The Mirror and the Light: crisis of sovereignty and national identity makes a rich stage for the present
The return of Henry VIII’s adviser Thomas Cromwell in a time of political and national turmoil sets up a tense conclusion to ...
‘Wolf Hall’ Director Defends Color-Blind Casting, Saying Series Did Not Want Tudor “Lookalikes”
The Mirror and the Light' director Peter Kosminsky says BBC/PBS series did not wish to cast Tudor "lookalikes." ...
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Hilary Mantel was the closest thing to a genius I’ve ever known
On June 16 2018, an email arrived from Hilary Mantel. Attached was the first part of what was eventually to become The Mirror and the Light, her final novel. Hilary and I had collaborated on the ...
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The Mirror and the Light, BBC One review - handsome finale for Hilary Mantel adaptation
With luck, this kind of exposition will ease off after the first episode. Mantel’s narrative technique in the Wolf Hall ...
Wolf Hall director defends colour-blind casting after Hilary Mantel approved changes
Now, speaking at a screening of the series, as reported by Deadline, director Peter Kosminsky has defended to choice to ...
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Hilary Mantel: tributes paid to Wolf Hall author following her death aged 70
The Wolf Hall trilogy author’s death was announced by her publisher, Harper Collins, on social media earlier today. Dame Hilary Mantel, author of the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged ...
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What we learned from Hilary Mantel’s Reith lectures
Dame Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) was one of Britain’s most acclaimed novelists. She won the Booker Prize twice for her novels set in Tudor England: Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. In the 2017 ...
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Who’s who in the cast of the new Hilary Mantel adaptation?
In the historical drama, based on Hilary Mantel’s novel of the same name, King Henry VIII will marry Jane Seymour following the beheading of his second wife Anne Boleyn, while Cromwell continues ...
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC One review - handsome finale for Hilary Mantel adaptation
With luck, this kind of exposition will ease off after the first episode. Mantel’s narrative technique in the Wolf Hall ...
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‘Once in a generation’ BBC drama blows fans away after 10-year wait
The Tudor-era historical drama, based on Hilary Mantel’s bestselling trilogy, centres around controversial statesman ...