RSC’s Wolf Hall to get Broadway transfer

Published: 27 September 2014
Reporter: Steve Orme

Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell Credit: Keith Pattison

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions of Wolf Hall: Parts 1 and 2 which played in Stratford and are currently at the Aldwych Theatre in London are to transfer to Broadway.

Wolf Hall: Parts 1 and 2 have been adapted by Mike Poulton from Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. The plays are based on the deceit, betrayal and intrigue of the court of Henry VIII.

The productions feature a company of more than 20 actors, headed by Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell, Lydia Leonard as Anne Boleyn and Nathaniel Parker as King Henry VIII. Olivier Award nominee Jeremy Herrin makes his New York City directing début.

Scenic and costume design is by Christopher Oram, lighting design by Paule Constable (Part 1) and David Plater (Part 2), sound design by Nick Powell and music by Stephen Warbeck.

The opening day of Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2 will be 9 April 2015 at the Winter Garden Theatre.

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