A Man for All Seasons | Critical Overview

When A Man for All Seasons made its debut on the London stage at the Globe Theater on My 1, 1960, Robert Bolt had only one moderate theater success under his belt (Flowering Cherry). Therefore, to have earned the popular and critical acclaim he did for his Brechtian historical play was a significant achievement, and it catapulted the thirty-six-year-old into the theatrical limelight, where he was to remain for the next decade. The Illustrated London News called it a "brilliant play," one which let history have its moment on stage. The New Statesman,...

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