The Independent - London, February 23rd, 1995
The author of A Man for All Seasons and the writer of the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, Robert Bolt occupied a place in the history of the modern British theatre that is difficult to define. He belonged to no school, but continued a tradition that was declining when he began to write, revived it and took it forward to new successes.
Coming in age between Terence Rattigan (born 1911) and John Arden and Harold Pinter (both born 1930), he adhered to the Rattigan model of the well-made play, based largely on the delineation of character on the stage, the drama of human re...
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