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A new, revised edition for the London transfer of Mike Poulton’s expertly adapted two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s hugely acclaimed novels, featuring a substantial set of character notes by Hilary Mantel.Mike Poulton’s ‘expertly adapted’ (Evening Standard) two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels ‘Wolf Hall’ and ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ is a gripping piece of narrative theatre … history made manifest’ (Guardian). The plays were premiered to great acclaim by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2013, before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End in May 2014.‘Wolf Hall’ begins in England in 1527. Henry has been King for almost twenty years and is desperate for a male heir; but Cardinal Wolsey is unable to deliver the divorce he craves. Yet for a man with the right talents this crisis could be an opportunity. Thomas Cromwell is a commoner who has risen in Wolsey’s household – and he will stop at nothing to secure the King’s desires and advance his own ambitions.In ‘Bring Up the Bodies’, the volatile Anne Boleyn is now Queen, her career seemingly entwined with that of Cromwell. But when the King begins to fall in love with self-effacing Jane Seymour, the ever-pragmatic Cromwell must negotiate within an increasingly perilous Court to satisfy Henry, defend the nation and, above all, to secure his own rise in the world.Hilary Mantel’s novels are the most formidable literary achievements of recent times, both recipients of the Man Booker Prize. This volume contains both plays and a substantial set of notes by Hilary Mantel on each of the principal characters, offering a unique insight into the adaptations and an invaluable resource to any theatre companies wishing to stage them.

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WOLF HALL

and BRING UP THE BODIES

Adapted for the stage by

Mike Poulton

From the novels by

Hilary Mantel

With an introduction by Mike Poultonand character notes by Hilary Mantel

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NICK HERN BOOKS

HarperCollins Publishers

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk www.4thestate.co.uk

Contents

Title Page WOLF HALL and BRING UP THE BODIES Adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton From the novels by Hilary Mantel With an introduction by Mike Poultonand character notes by Hilary Mantel NICK HERN BOOKS HarperCollins Publishers www.nickhernbooks.co.uk www.4thestate.co.uk

Original Production

Introduction by Mike Poulton

Notes on Characters by Hilary Mantel

Characters

Dedication

Wolf Hall

Bring Up the Bodies

About the Authors

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

These adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were originally commissioned by Playful Productions and were first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 11 December 2013. The productions transferred to the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 1 May 2014, presented by Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis and Nick Salmon for Playful Productions and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bartner/Tulchin Productions and Georgia Gatti for Playful Productions. The cast was as follows:

MARK SMEATON Joey Batey
CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK Nicholas Boulton
KATHERINE OF ARAGON/JANE BOLEYN, LADY ROCHFORD Lucy Briers
JANE SEYMOUR/PRINCESS MARY/LADY WORCESTER Leah Brotherhead
MARY BOLEYN/LIZZIE WYKYS/MARY SHELTON Olivia Darnley
THOMAS HOWARD, DUKE OF NORFOLK Nicholas Day
ENSEMBLE Mathew Foster
GREGORY CROMWELL Daniel Fraser
BARGE MASTER/WOLSEY’S SERVANT Benedict Hastings
LADY IN WAITING/MAID/MARJORIE SEYMOUR Madeleine Hyland
CARDINAL WOLSEY/SIR JOHN SEYMOUR/SIR WILLIAM KINGSTON/ARCHBISHOP WARHAM Paul Jesson
ANNE BOLEYN Lydia Leonard
ENSEMBLE Robert MacPherson
THOMAS CROMWELL Ben Miles
CHRISTOPHE/FRANCIS WESTON Pierro Niél Mee
KING HENRY VIII Nathaniel Parker
GEORGE BOLEYN, LORD ROCHFORD/EDWARD SEYMOUR Oscar Pearce
STEPHEN GARDINER/EUSTACHE CHAPUYS Matthew Pidgeon
THOMAS MORE/HENRY NORRIS John Ramm
HARRY PERCY/WILLIAM BRERETON Nicholas Shaw
RAFE SADLER Joshua Silver
THOMAS CRANMER/THOMAS BOLEYN/PACKINGTON/FRENCH AMBASSADOR Giles Taylor
THOMAS WYATT/HEADSMAN Jay Taylor
MUSICIANS Rob Millett,Greg Knowles,Adam CrossDario Rossetti-BonellCatherine Groom
All other parts played by members of the company.
Director Jeremy Herrin
Designer Christopher Oram
Season Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Wolf Hall Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Bring Up the Bodies Lighting Designer David Plater
Music Stephen Warbeck
Sound Designer Nick Powell
Movement Director Siân Williams
Fight Director Bret Yount

Adapting Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies

Mike Poulton

Over three years ago I was asked if it might be possible to adapt Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall for the stage. At the time of asking, Bring Up the Bodies did not exist. I’d read Wolf Hall and been gripped by it – from the first page to the last – page 653. It’s an extraordinary read. To call it a historical novel diminishes it – for me it’s a deeply serious piece of literature that happens to be set in and around the Court of Henry VIII. I can think of no other contemporary work of period fiction that comes near it. It’s that rare thing – a novel that richly deserved its fame and the accolades and prizes heaped upon it. I knew that Hilary was at work on a sequel and I was counting the days. I read Wolf Hall again. I said that I thought it could be made into a play if the right adapter could be found. ‘Might you be the right adapter?’ I was asked.

I had never worked with a living author. Earlier collaborators, Schiller, Chekhov, Turgenev, Chaucer, Malory, were all long dead. Hilary is very much alive, and I knew that for the project to work she and I would have to get on together, and agree about how best to engineer the transformation. I imagined it would be like taking apart a Rolls-Royce and reassembling the parts as a light aircraft. After three years together I can say that our collaboration has proved to be, for me at any rate, the most rewarding part of the experience. I have learned so much. Hilary has been generous and committed in every way with advice, with time, with invention, with challenges – all coming out of a deep knowledge of her subject, and easy familiarity with the complex minds of the characters she has created. Fortunately, she also has a love and instinctive understanding of the workings of theatre. Above all it’s been fun – a lot of fun. Her attitude from the first was that she had brought Cromwell and company to life, and I was free, within the limits of the story and the requirements of historical accuracy, to move them about on the stage as I saw fit. Though on many occasions she has had to pull me out of holes into which I’ve dug myself. I’ve never had that sort of help from Friedrich von Schiller.

So what were the problems we faced at the outset? I felt that, in terms of staging – in order to create a workable dramatic framework – we had to get to the death of Anne Boleyn. If we could do that, we’d have a strong tragic arc – the ascendancy of Anne followed by her rapid decline. If Thomas Cromwell’s rise from obscurity was to be the story of the play, the Court of Henry VIII must be the stage upon which he acts, and the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn the engine that drives the action. I knew Hilary was working on a sequel to Wolf Hall , to be called The Mirror and the Light . Could she take me as far as Anne’s execution? Yes, of course she could. But by the time she reached the summer of 1536 we had another book, Bring Up the Bodies , and so much tempting new material that the original play was rapidly becoming two plays. Since that time the only heartbreak in the process has been deciding what to set aside.

Structurally, the new material was exactly what was needed. Wolf Hall would take us to Anne’s coronation, and Bring Up the Bodies to her execution. But the growing scale of the project and size of the cast meant that we needed a new partner and a new home. The Royal Shakespeare Company, under its brightly shining, new-minted Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, welcomed us in. This was a turning point. I’d worked five times with Greg, and I knew that from the RSC we’d get the expertise, support and resources the plays needed and deserved. We have not been disappointed.

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