American viewers are in for another sumptuous serving of British television drama when Wolf Hall premieres on April 5. Based on the first two Booker prize-winning novels of Hilary Mantel’s planned trilogy, the six-part series centres on King Henry VIII’s “fixer,” Thomas Cromwell (1485-1540).Do not confuse Thomas with Oliver, the parliamentarian who brought down King Charles I … [Read more...] about The Mantel Version
Archives for March 20, 2015
April 5 TLC Online
The April 5 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. Bishop Matthew A. Gunter writes in “Self-Control: The Neglected Fruit of the Spirit”:Self-control is a neglected fruit of the spirit that needs cultivating in the contemporary Church. Its lack is at the heart of much of the Church’s spiritual shallowness. It is counter-cultural. It calls for … [Read more...] about April 5 TLC Online
Monk Funds Ambitious Play
Jennifer Schuessler writes for the Artsbeat weblog of The New York Times:An actor and stage manager turned Episcopal monk who pledged last year to give away much of his $153 million Powerball jackpot to support the performing arts has made his first grant — to a theatrical production as improbable as his own story.The Goodman Theater in Chicago announced last week that its … [Read more...] about Monk Funds Ambitious Play