Robert Bolt
Latest News on Robert Bolt:
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Starring Martin Shaw Will Transfer to the West End (Apr 4, 2025)
Photos: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS At Theatre Royal Bath (Jan 21, 2025)
Martin Shaw, Gary Wilmot & More to Star in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Dec 10, 2024)
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Starring Martin Shaw Will Transfer to the West End (Apr 4, 2025)
Photos: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS At Theatre Royal Bath (Jan 21, 2025)
Martin Shaw, Gary Wilmot & More to Star in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Dec 10, 2024)
Movies
Lawrence of Arabia
[ 1962 ] writer
[ 1962 ] writer
Doctor Zhivago
[ 1965 ] writer
[ 1965 ] writer
Ryan's Daughter
[ 1970 ] writer
[ 1970 ] writer
Lady Caroline Lamb
[ 1972 ] writer
[ 1972 ] writer
The Bounty
[ 1984 ] writer
[ 1984 ] writer
Awards and Nominations
Olivier Awards - 1977 - Play of the Year
Robert BoltState Of Revolution
Tony Awards - 1972 - Best Play
Robert Bolt, Vivat! Vivat Regina!
winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1962 - Best Foreign Play
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
winner
Tony Awards - 1962 - Best Play
Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Starring Martin Shaw Will Transfer to the West End
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2025
Following record-breaking ticket sales across the country and a hugely acclaimed national tour earlier this year, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS starring Martin Shaw and Gary Wilmot, will transfer to London's Harold Pinter Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2025
Following record-breaking ticket sales across the country and a hugely acclaimed national tour earlier this year, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS starring Martin Shaw and Gary Wilmot, will transfer to London's Harold Pinter Theatre.
Photos: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS At Theatre Royal Bath
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2025
See first look photos of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at Theatre Royal Bath where it plays until 25 January 2025, before touring to Chichester, Malvern, Cheltenham, Oxford, Guildford, Canterbury, and Richmond.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2025
See first look photos of A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at Theatre Royal Bath where it plays until 25 January 2025, before touring to Chichester, Malvern, Cheltenham, Oxford, Guildford, Canterbury, and Richmond.
Martin Shaw, Gary Wilmot & More to Star in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2024
The cast has been revealed for Robert Bolt's award-winning play, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. See who is starring in the UK production and learn how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2024
The cast has been revealed for Robert Bolt's award-winning play, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. See who is starring in the UK production and learn how to purchase tickets.
International Literary Properties Launches Theatrical Division
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2024
International Literary Properties (ILP), the global company that invests in, acquires, manages, and enhances literary catalogs, has announced an expansion of the company’s mandate beyond literary estates into theatrical properties, including works by playwrights, musical book writers, lyricists and composers.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 17, 2024
International Literary Properties (ILP), the global company that invests in, acquires, manages, and enhances literary catalogs, has announced an expansion of the company’s mandate beyond literary estates into theatrical properties, including works by playwrights, musical book writers, lyricists and composers.
Martin Shaw Will Lead A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at Theatre Royal Bath Ahead of UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2024
Robert Bolt’s award-winning play, THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, will be staged at Theatre Royal Bath from 16 – 25 January 2025, prior to a national tour to announced.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 5, 2024
Robert Bolt’s award-winning play, THE MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, will be staged at Theatre Royal Bath from 16 – 25 January 2025, prior to a national tour to announced.
Lantern Theater Company to Continue 30th Anniversary Season With FAITH HEALER By Brian Friel
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 16, 2024
Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer. Directed by Peter DeLaurier and featuring Anthony Lawton, Ian Merrill Peakes, and Geneviève Perrier, Faith Healer explores memory, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 16, 2024
Lantern Theater Company continues its 30th anniversary season with Brian Friel's masterpiece play, Faith Healer. Directed by Peter DeLaurier and featuring Anthony Lawton, Ian Merrill Peakes, and Geneviève Perrier, Faith Healer explores memory, belief, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Review: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey-A Stirring Historical Production
by Marina Kennedy - Oct 23, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues their successful season with 'A Man for All Seasons.' It is an impactful, must-see show of the fall entertainment season.
by Marina Kennedy - Oct 23, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues their successful season with 'A Man for All Seasons.' It is an impactful, must-see show of the fall entertainment season.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to Present A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Beginning Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 29, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) will present its penultimate production for the 2023 Main Stage season, Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons beginning, next month.
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 29, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) will present its penultimate production for the 2023 Main Stage season, Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons beginning, next month.
Shakespeare's PRISONS Comes to TheaterLab
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2023
Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, dedicated to producing Shakespeare's plays in the New York City area, announced that it will present the pre-Off-Broadway engagement of Shakespeare's Prisons: Tales of Conscience and Illusion, June 15 - 18, as a (TLab Shares Hosts) guest production at Theaterlab.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2023
Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, dedicated to producing Shakespeare's plays in the New York City area, announced that it will present the pre-Off-Broadway engagement of Shakespeare's Prisons: Tales of Conscience and Illusion, June 15 - 18, as a (TLab Shares Hosts) guest production at Theaterlab.
THE ROSE TATTOO, WAITING FOR GODOT & More Set for The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey 2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced its roster of productions for its 61st season — featuring an eclectic mix of comedy, romance, historical drama, and a fantastical holiday offering.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2023
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced its roster of productions for its 61st season — featuring an eclectic mix of comedy, romance, historical drama, and a fantastical holiday offering.
Handsome Production, Tedious Script: THE LION IN WINTER at Everyman Theatre
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Oct 31, 2022
You not only have to have the talent to do the technical side of costume drama well, and have actors who can emote convincingly and then (in this case) reverse gears convincingly, and then reverse gears again as many times as the script calls for. You need a script that doesn’t make them do it so often it makes the audience stop following and stop caring. That is a bar this script doesn't clear.
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Oct 31, 2022
You not only have to have the talent to do the technical side of costume drama well, and have actors who can emote convincingly and then (in this case) reverse gears convincingly, and then reverse gears again as many times as the script calls for. You need a script that doesn’t make them do it so often it makes the audience stop following and stop caring. That is a bar this script doesn't clear.
Lantern Theater Company Presents Lynn Nottage's FABULATION in June
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022
Lantern Theater Company will conclude its 2021/22 Mainstage Season of live performances with the Philadelphia premiere of Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. Making her Lantern directorial debut, Amina Robinson helms a cast of Philadelphia actors in a true ensemble production, with eight actors playing nearly 30 roles.
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022
Lantern Theater Company will conclude its 2021/22 Mainstage Season of live performances with the Philadelphia premiere of Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage. Making her Lantern directorial debut, Amina Robinson helms a cast of Philadelphia actors in a true ensemble production, with eight actors playing nearly 30 roles.
Troupe Announces The World Première of a New Adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A SINGLE MAN at Park Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 4, 2022
Troupe today announces the world première of a new adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man by Simon Reade. Directed by Philip Wilson, the production opens in Park200 at Park Theatre on 21 October, with previews from 19 October, and runs until 26 November.
by Stephi Wild - May 4, 2022
Troupe today announces the world première of a new adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man by Simon Reade. Directed by Philip Wilson, the production opens in Park200 at Park Theatre on 21 October, with previews from 19 October, and runs until 26 November.
Lantern Theater Company Presents A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2022
Lantern Theater Company will launch its 2021/22 Mainstage Season and return to live performances with an epic production of A Man for All Seasons by award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Robert Bolt.
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2022
Lantern Theater Company will launch its 2021/22 Mainstage Season and return to live performances with an epic production of A Man for All Seasons by award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Robert Bolt.
Zuleika Books to Release THE BEST OF THE WEST END by Charles Duff
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2022
Charles Duff’s The Best of the West End: The Life and Work of Frith Banbury, will be published on 24 February 2022 by Zuleika Books. A wonderful mixture of scholarship and gossip, this biography will fascinate and amuse everyone who loves theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2022
Charles Duff’s The Best of the West End: The Life and Work of Frith Banbury, will be published on 24 February 2022 by Zuleika Books. A wonderful mixture of scholarship and gossip, this biography will fascinate and amuse everyone who loves theatre.
Lantern Theater Company Announces 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2021
Lantern Theater Company has announced its upcoming 2021/22 season, a return to live performance that will include an ambitious and eclectic mix of classic and contemporary work for the stage.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2021
Lantern Theater Company has announced its upcoming 2021/22 season, a return to live performance that will include an ambitious and eclectic mix of classic and contemporary work for the stage.
VIDEO: Darryl Maximilian Robinson Shares A KING LEAR Speech At LA's Historic Lincoln Heights Library
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2021
It was exactly one year ago at this time that a lone, veteran Shakespearean actor, ventured out into the streets of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood to present a speech from the works of the immortal bard that he believed reflected the times we were living through.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2021
It was exactly one year ago at this time that a lone, veteran Shakespearean actor, ventured out into the streets of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood to present a speech from the works of the immortal bard that he believed reflected the times we were living through.
LOVE LETTERS Returns To The West End's Theatre Royal Haymarket
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2021
Bill Kenwright presents the anticipated return of A.R. Gurney's heart-warming play Love Letters to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited season of only 32 performances from 19 May – 13 June 2021.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2021
Bill Kenwright presents the anticipated return of A.R. Gurney's heart-warming play Love Letters to the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited season of only 32 performances from 19 May – 13 June 2021.
LOVE LETTERS Starring Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove Opens at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2020
Just eighteen hours after the end of the UK’s current lockdown, Bill Kenwright presented MARTIN SHAW and JENNY SEAGROVE in A.R. GURNEY’s Love Letters, directed by ROY MARSDEN, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The play opened on 3 December 2020, the first day after the Prime Minister decreed that lockdown would end.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2020
Just eighteen hours after the end of the UK’s current lockdown, Bill Kenwright presented MARTIN SHAW and JENNY SEAGROVE in A.R. GURNEY’s Love Letters, directed by ROY MARSDEN, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The play opened on 3 December 2020, the first day after the Prime Minister decreed that lockdown would end.
Theatre Royal Haymarket to Host First Post-Lockdown New Production of a Play, LOVE LETTERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2020
Just eighteen hours after the end of the UK’s current lockdown, Bill Kenwright presents MARTIN SHAW and JENNY SEAGROVE in A.R. GURNEY’s Love Letters, directed by ROY MARSDEN, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2020
Just eighteen hours after the end of the UK’s current lockdown, Bill Kenwright presents MARTIN SHAW and JENNY SEAGROVE in A.R. GURNEY’s Love Letters, directed by ROY MARSDEN, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Robert Bolt written?
Robert Bolt has written 3 shows including Flowering Cherry (Playwright), Vivat! Vivat Regina! (Playwright), A Man For All Seasons (Playwright).
What awards has Robert Bolt been nominated for?
Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for State Of Revolution, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Vivat! Vivat Regina!, Best Foreign Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for A Man for All Seasons and Best Play (Tony Awards) for A Man for All Seasons.
What awards has Robert Bolt won?
Robert Bolt won the Best Foreign Play award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for A Man for All Seasons. He also received the Tony Award for Best Play for A Man for All Seasons.
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