Show Plot Man for All Seasons

Author: Robert Bolt

Time Period: between 1529 and 1535

Setting: Various historical sites in England

Summary: The play follows the final years of Sir Thomas More, a devout Catholic, brilliant lawyer, and Lord Chancellor of England. King Henry VIII demands an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. More’s conscience and legal principles prevent him from supporting the King's supremacy over the church.