Bolt, Robert Oxton
Bolt, Robert Oxton ( 1924 – 95 ),dramatist and screenwriter, born and educated in Manchester. He worked in an insurance office and in the RAF before attending Exeter University: he then became a schoolmaster until his first West End success in 1957 with Flowering Cherry (pub. 1958 ), a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life. This was followed by The Tiger and the Horse ( 1960 , pub. 1961 ), reflecting Bolt's own involvement with the campaign for nuclear disarmament, and A Man for All Seasons ( 1960 , pub. 1960 ), his best-known work, based on the life of Sir T. More . Vivat, Vivat Regina ( 1970 ) was based on the conflict between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots . A recurrent theme is the conflict between private and public conscience, and although some critics have labelled his works as unadventurous and...
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