Synopsis & Context
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Wolf Hall
- Release
- January 21, 2015
- Screen Time
- 2 seasons
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Peter Straughan, Peter Kosminsky, Hilary Mantel
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Mark Rylance
Thomas Cromwell
12 eps.
Damian Lewis
Henry VIII
12 eps.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Rafe Sadler
12 eps.
Joss Porter
Richard Cromwell
12 eps.
Claire Foy
Anne Boleyn
10 eps.
Kate Phillips
Jane Seymour
10 eps.
Richard Dillane
Duke of Suffolk
10 eps.
Will Keen
Thomas Cranmer / Archbishop Cranmer
9 eps.
Jonathan Pryce
Cardinal Wolsey
8 eps.
Hannah Steele
Mary Shelton
8 eps.
James Larkin
William Fitzwilliam / Master Treasurer Fitzwilliam
8 eps.
Bernard Hill
Duke of Norfolk
6 eps.
