Confrontation

A strong play is now on the boards at Unity Theatre in Derby Street. "A Man For All Seasons" tells of the refusal of Thomas More (Chancellor to Henry VIII) to sanction the King's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, his subsequent marriage to Anne Bolyn, and also his refusal to approve the King's title as the supreme head of the Church of England. This, of course, has fatal results for More. The settings are good and the production is richly costumed. The audience is helped greatly by the appearance of Peter Sledmere as the Common Man who takes part in the play but also plains the action from time to , time. The production is in the capable hands of Ray Skyrme.

Brian Cullen (left) as Henry VIII has hard words with Thomas More (Brian Scholes).

Henry arrives at the estate of Thomas More. From left: Jenny Cavanagh, Margaret Crawforth, Brian Cullen, Brian Scholes and Harold Skyrme.

Thomas More reads the letter to be sent by the Cardinal (Denis Daly) to the Pope requesting Henry's divorce.

Peter Sledmere as the Common Man.

A tense scene between, from left, Harold Skyrme, Derek Bird and Patricia Veitch. At right is John Cruse.

John Cruse (centre) tells More (Brian Scholes) that Cromwell is collecting information about him. From left: Margaret Crawforth, Jenny Cavanagh, Brian Scholes, John Cruse, Peter Sledmere and Denis Irwin,

Brian Scholes gives a valuable present to John Cruse.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 192 : June 17, 1970

Confrontation