A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Irwin, Toronto, 1963, reprint.  Canadian Educational Edition.  ISBN 0-7725-5086-7.  Soft cover, 129 pages including Alternative Ending, photos from the New York Production, Historical Background, Notes, and Questions.  Former school book.  Wraps show light edge and cover wear, a slight lean; binding sound.  School info stamped on verso of front wrap, small stamp on half-title page; numbers inked on bottom text block which have bled into lower page margins but not affecting text.  Tiny ink stars in Notes section, one stray mark in upper margin of Historical Background page; all main text clean and unmarked.  Illustrated with black & white photos.  ‘The plot is based on the true story of Sir Thomas More, the 16^th-century Chancellor of England, who refused to endorse King Henry VIII’s wish to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, who did not bear him a son, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, the sister of his former mistress.  The play portrays More as a man of principle, envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell and loved by the common people and by his family.’ (from Wikipedia)