Man for All Seasons A Play in Two Acts

Summary: Robert Bolt was born in Manchester, England, and attended the Grammar School and University there. He served three years in the Army and Air Force before trying his hand as a playwright. His first work was a Christmas invention for village children, for whom he could find nothing suitable already in print. He was still teaching at Mill-field School when his first play, Flowering Cherry, starring Ralph Richardson, was... presented in London. It played for a year and its success led Mr. Bolt to renounce the classroom for the stage. [read more]