Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for a filmed Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen. Please join us for a career Conversations with Wolf Hall: Parts I and II lead cast members Nathaniel Parker (King Henry VIII), Ben Miles (Thomas Cromwell), Lydia Leonard (Anne Boleyn) and moderated by Broadway World's Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge!"
Synopsis
Set in 1527 Tudor England, in the volatile court of King Henry VIII comes a gripping story of power, intrigue and persuasion.
Performed in repertory, Wolf Hall: Parts I and II are based on the two best-selling novels by two-time Man Booker Prize winner Dame Hilary Mantel. The plays sold out at Stratford-upon-Avon and their London transfer received critical raves, broke box office records and triumphed as the West End's biggest hit plays. The original London production is currently nominated for Olivier Awards for Best New Play, Best Director (Herrin), Best Supporting Actor (Parker), Best Costume Design (Oram), and Best Lighting Design (Constable and Plater). www.wolfhallbroadway.com
Wolf Hall: Part I and II are currently in previews. Opening date: April 9, 2015.
Praise about the show from its West End transfer
“Hilary Mantel’s best-selling novels
have been brought into the open daylight
and turned into edge of your seat theatre.”
- Ben Brantley, The New York Times
★★★★★
“AN EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE
that will not disappoint fans of modern political
dramas such as ‘House of Cards’”
- The Guardian, London
★★★★★
“GRIPPING PORTRAYALS OF THE GLORIOUS
BUT UTTERLY RUTHLESS COURT OF HENRY VIII.
The intrigue fizzes, and the dialogue continually surprises,
switching between delicious lyricism and a bracing simplicity.
A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.”
- The Evening Standard, London
PANELIST BIOS
Lydia Leonard (Anne Boleyn)
West End: Onassis, Let There Be Love, Time and the Conways (National Theatre), Frost/Nixon, Hecuba (and at BAM). TV: “River,” “Life in Squares” (Virginia Woolf), “Lucan,” “Ambassadors,” “Da Vinci’s Demons,” “Whitechapel,” “The 39 Steps,” “Margaret Thatcher,” “The Line of Beauty,” “Jericho,” “Rome,” “Midsommer Murders,” “Foyle’s War.” Film: The Fifth Estate, Archipelago.
Ben Miles (Thomas Cromwell)
Theatre includes: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet (RSC); Love Love Love and My Child (Royal Court); Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre); Measure for Measure and The Tower (Almeida); The Normal Conquests and Richard II (Old Vic); The Cherry Orchard, The London Cuckolds, Mary Stuart (National Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Young Vic) and The Tempest (Phoebus Cart). Television includes: “Dracula,” “Zen,” “The Promise,” “Coupling,” “Lark Rise to Candleford,” “Prime Suspect,” “Forsyte Saga,” “Cold Feet,” “The Hollow Crown 2” (BBC 2016). Film includes Ninja Assassin, Speed Racer, V for Vendetta.
Nathaniel Parker (King Henry VIII)
Broadway: Merchant of Venice. West End: Wolf Hall, The Audience, Speed The Plow, Merchant Of Venice. RSC: Richard II, Winter’s Tale. TV: “Inspector Lynley” as Inspector Lynley, “Bleak House,” “Vanity Fair,” “Far From The Madding Crowd,” “Injustice,” “Dancing Queen,” “Merlin,” “Nuremberg Trials,” “Never Come Back,” “The Bible – David,” “The Vision Thing,” “A Class Apart,” “Absolute Hell,” “Village Affair,” “Trust,” “Into Thin Air,” “Still Life,” “The Outcast.” Film: Stardust, The Bodyguard, Flawless, The Haunted Mansion, Othello, Hamlet, Squanto, Perfect Host, War Requiem. Fade To Black, Lover’s Prayer, Beverly Hills Ninja, Malice In Wonderland.
