Category: Wolf Hall
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 2 Review – Obedience
– Wriggling Free of Henry’s Noose – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | November 17, 2024 If only Hilary Mantel had lived 10 lifetimes, she might have rehabilitated 10 other historical figures as skillfully as she did Thomas Cromwell. Mantel overwrote history’s shorthand for Cromwell, transforming him from a venal brute into a flesh-and-blood man…
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Wolf Hall Music: Debbie Wiseman is Influenced by the Past, But Not Constrained by It
– The Soundworld of Wolf Hall – by Florence Lockheart | Classical Music | November 12, 2024 The first episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the hotly anticipated sequel to the BBC’s 2014 dramatisation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel, premiered earlier this week. British composer Debbie Wiseman, who created the show’s famous…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light Recap – Episode 1 Wreckage
– Henry’s Paranoia Reaches New Heights – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 11, 2024 “So, good Privy Seal, as you love me and love my service, you will bring this matter to a conclusion.” – Henry VIII I have said it before and will say it again. Wolf Hall is…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light Review – Cromwell’s So Menacing
– Masterstroke in a Magnificent Drama – by Christopher Stevens | Daily Mail | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars Courtiers who should be telling him, ‘With these Ferrero Rocher chocolate balls, you are spoiling us!’ are instead issuing veiled death threats. Diplomat Eustace Chapuys is a crucial figure, because it is his…
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The Mirror and the Light is Glorious
– Blood Has Been Spilled – by Rachael Sigee | iNews | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars This adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s final novel does justice to her ingenious ability to draw out nuance of Tudor politics. It was something of a miracle when, back in 2015, Mark Rylance submerged us in…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 1 Review – Wreckage
– Head in Lion’s Mouth – by Louisa Mellor | Den of Geek | November 10, 2024 After almost a decade, hooray for the BBC returning to the perilous political world of Thomas Cromwell. Peter Straughan and Peter Kosminsky’s exquisite, careful adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy is finally back after almost a decade after…
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VIDEO: Damian Lewis on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
– Wolf Hall and Music – Damian appeared on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, November 10, 2024 to discuss tonight’s BBC 1 premiere of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and reprising his role as the troubled and tyrant King Henry VIII. Damian shares that Henry VIII is ever-more disillusioned by the people…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Review – Six Hours of Utter TV Magic
– More Man, Less Monolith – by Lucy Mangan | The Guardian | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars The final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece is the most intricate television you are ever likely to see. It is so beautifully made it’s breathtaking. It seems pleasingly apropos that it is almost impossible…