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Description edit
The classic play about Sir Thomas More, the Lord chancellor who refused to compromise and was executed by Henry VIII.
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Quotes edit
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“Sir Thomas More: There's no law against that.William Roper: There is: God's law.Sir Thomas More: Then God can arrest him.”
Sir Thomas More and William Roper -
“William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”
Sir Thomas More and William Roper
First Sentence edit
Common Man (Rises): It is perverse! To start a play made up of Kings and Cardinals in speaking costumes and intellectuals with embroidered mouths, with me.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Bolt (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1962
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 163
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1962
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 163
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6052.O39 M3 1962
- Dewey: 822.914
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Movie Connections edit
- A Man for All Seasons (1966) (IMDb): Staring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, and Wendy Hiller
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