1. Magazine: 18 January 2014
  2. Magazine
  3. Issue: 18 January 2014
  4. Theatre

Leanda De-Lisle

The Thomas Cromwell plays would be stronger if they made him weaker 

Mike Poulton's stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are a triumph — but he needs to build sympathy for the bodies in Bodies

From magazine issue: 18 January 2014
The Thomas Cromwell plays would be stronger if they made him weaker 
Both menacing and warm: Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell [Getty Images/iStock/Shutterstock/Alamy]
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Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies

Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, in rep until 29 March

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