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re: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies coming to Broadway

Posted by:	enoch10 03:01 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to:	re: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies coming to Broadway - singleticket 02:42 pm EDT 09/10/14

i've read each of these books three times. they're like heroin. if i could take a pill and erase the memory of reading them so i could read them again, i would. she's a terrific writer writing about events intensely rich in drama peopled by huge, contradictory, complex characters whose exploits changed the course of history. what's special about the books is the same thing that made the six wives of henry the 8th special, and by a (very) small extension what made elizabeth r special, elizabeth and essex special, and blanchett's two elizabeth movies special. as well as a man for all seasons, becket, and even lion in winter. cromwell (via wolsey) is an unique way in and a damn good one. bottom line, though, you figured out for yourself - she's a good writer. a very, very good writer working in a genre not know for producing great writers or great works. i don't know what the adaptions are like but i can't wait to find out. i'm glad they weren't scooped up by pbs or hbo and made into a mini series.

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Thread:	re: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies coming to Broadway - lonlad 05:49 pm EDT 09/10/14 (8) re: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies coming to Broadway - enoch10 11:04 am EDT 09/11/14 (7) In point of fact.... - MockingbirdGirl 12:24 pm EDT 09/11/14 (6) re: In point of fact.... - enoch10 04:44 pm EDT 09/11/14 (5) re: In point of fact.... - MockingbirdGirl 04:53 pm EDT 09/11/14 (4) re: In point of fact.... - enoch10 12:13 pm EDT 09/12/14 (3) re: In point of fact.... - allineedisthegirl 02:38 pm EDT 09/12/14 (2) re: In point of fact.... - enoch10 10:32 am EDT 09/13/14 re: In point of fact.... - MockingbirdGirl 05:27 pm EDT 09/12/14 re: Wolf Hall / Bring Up The Bodies coming to Broadway - singleticket 03:16 pm EDT 09/10/14 (1) Didn't roger ebert say - dramedy 03:51 pm EDT 09/10/14

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