Sir Thomas More | |
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Written by | Originally written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle; later heavily revised by Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker and William Shakespeare |
Characters | Thomas More Earl of Shrewsbury Roger Cholmeley Thomas Palmer John Mundy William Roper |
Date premiered | c. 1591–93 |
Place premiered | The Rose, London |
Original language | Early Modern English |
Subject | xenophobia, law and order, church and state |
Genre | English Renaissance theatre, History play |
Setting | England, 1517–1535 |
Sir Thomas More is an Elizabethan play and a dramatic biography based on particular events in the life of the Catholic martyr Thomas More, who rose to become the Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. The play is considered to be written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle and revised by several writers. The manuscript is particularly notable for a three-page handwritten revision now widely attributed to William Shakespeare.[1][2]