Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonBen Miles as Thomas Cromwell leads the way in compelling stage versions of Hilary Mantel's great Tudor novelsThese are near-perfect adaptations. That's to say, imperfect transcriptions. Mike Poulton's stage versions of Hilary Mantel's mighty Tudor novels do not reproduce every episode or hug every bit of her prose. Nor should they. To demand complete fidelity from someone trying to make a pie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PM on January 11, 2014