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Post by beverley61 on Mar 9, 2020 12:32:59 GMT
It took a while for me too. What I found fascinating was in the second half of the book when they are staying in the rebel camp. A rebellion I knew nothing about. The original crime gets a bit lost at that point. I too hope Shardlake will keep going a while longer, maybe Sansom will give him a longer life span than normal for that age, or he will send Barak out crime solving. It would be good to see his take on Mary’s reign, another Tudor I don’t know much about. He could double the life span if he chose. The average life span is after all just that and includes childhood deaths and of course as a man he didn't have to go through childbirth and Shardlake was never going to be a soldier. |
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Post by goodhelenstar on Mar 9, 2020 19:55:42 GMT
Anyway, back to Hilary Mantel ...
Finally got to see it. There was a documentary about her around the time she was writing Bring Up The Bodies, I think, which went into her everyday life and writing schedule, and I knew from there that she had had endometriosis, but the information about her early life was new. She's really quite remarkable to have overcome everything she has and to be at the top of her game now.
In case you don't know, The Mirror and The Light is being serialised on R4 starting next Monday, with Anton Lesser (Thomas More in the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall) as the narrator.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Nov 21, 2023 8:50:51 GMT
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Post by vicky on Nov 21, 2023 16:56:45 GMT
There was a question on University Challenge last night the answer to which was The Mirror and the Light which made me think at the time that I wish it could be dramatised for television but probably won't be....and then the very next day comes this news! I am delighted.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Oct 31, 2024 11:29:32 GMT
BBC One on Sunday 10th November at 9pm, with new episodes premiering weekly.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Nov 3, 2024 18:17:45 GMT
For anyone who would like a recap, the first series is being repeated tonight on BBC4 at 10 pm with a short programme preceding it in which Peter Kosminsky talks about adapting the novel for TV and working closely with Hilary Mantel. They became close and she would send him chapters of The Mirror and the Light as she was writing it.
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Post by vicky on Nov 19, 2024 14:19:00 GMT
Anyone else enjoying this as much as me? It is a visual delight and the acting is superb:I thought the scene in episode two between Cromwell and Sister Dorothea was an absolute tour de force by Mark Rylance. We know Cromwell was a monster (although a man of his time) but Mark Rylance is making me feel sorry for him!
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 19, 2024 17:26:22 GMT
Yes, I'm watching and the scene was excellent and she clearly couldn't grasp the imminent danger she was in. Similarly Margaret Douglas seemed to dim to even pick up hints from her friend.
Mantel doesn't make him pitiful. He does do the things history says he does, but he's not out there searching for people to lock up.
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Post by sleepyp on Nov 19, 2024 18:35:41 GMT
The cast is full of good actors and as far as I can see from the trailers the costumes and settings are sumptuous… But it’s the Tudors And I’m allergic to them  |
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 20, 2024 14:40:09 GMT
Ah you should watch. They cover storylines that aren't normally covered. Like Margaret Douglas and Dorothy Wolsey.
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Post by LoopyLobes on Nov 23, 2024 12:58:03 GMT
Caught up with this last night. Great stuff!
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Post by vicky on Nov 23, 2024 20:41:29 GMT
"...the costumes and settings are sumptuous"
The costumes from the first series were exhibited in a Tudor building near where I live. Seen up close they were very shoddy and disappointing.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Nov 27, 2024 13:52:22 GMT
Probably not as shoddy as they would have been at the time, given that they couldn't wash them! It is interesting though, they look gorgeous on TV, seen in context with good lighting.
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Anymore to come?
