Sir Thomas More

About this film

LibriVox dramatic reading of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday. Read in English by Elizabeth Klett; mb; David Nicol; David Lawrence; TriciaG; Arielle Lipshaw; TRUEBRIT; Ron Altman; ToddHW; Michele Eaton; alanmapstone; bala; Frances Brown; Greg Giordano; Larry Wilson; Brett G. Hirsch; Greg Przywara; Steve Weir; Glenn O'Brien; ElleyKat; Kristin Gjerløw; KHand; russellhughes; Rapunzelina; Dr Speedbump; Elise C. Boucher; Arnaldo Machado; Eden Rea-Hedrick; Charlotte Duckett; Mary Kay; Jake K. Friedman; Anna Simon; Etel Buss; Victoria P; Bria Snowa and Mary J. Sir Thomas More is a collaborative Elizabethan play by Anthony Munday and others depicting the life and death of Thomas More. It survives only in a single manuscript, now owned by the British Library. The manuscript is notable because three pages of it are considered to be in the hand of William Shakespeare and for the light it sheds on the collaborative nature of Elizabethan drama and the theatrical censorship of the era. The play dramatizes events in More's life, both real and legendary, in an episodic manner in 17 scenes, unified only by the rise and fall of More's fortunes. (Summary by Wikipedia) For further information, includ…

Directors & creators

Anthony Munday

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; literature; history; play; more; drama

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