History made manifest Acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, published byNick Hern Books and 4th Estate alongside RSC premiere 2014 / 1 / WOLF HALL & BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel, adapted by Mike Poulton Thomas Cromwell. Son of a blacksmith, political genius, briber, charmer, bully. A man with a deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. 15 Mike Poulton’s acclaimed two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize- winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is a thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the court of Henry VIII. A co-publication between Nick Hern Books and 4th Estate, this single volume contains both acclaimed plays, an introduction by Mike Poulton, and forty-five pages of new, exclusive notes by original author Hilary Mantel on each of the principal characters, offering a unique insight into the plays and an invaluable resource to any theatre company wishing to stage them. ‘a bold, unforgettable lesson in history and politics’ The Times ‘brings the intrigues and political machinations to the stage with clarity, wit and plenty of very welcome humour… a real gem of a script for audiences and actors alike’ WhatsOnStage ‘superb… the mother of all costume dramas’ Daily Mail World Premiere: Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 January-29 March 2014, directed by Jeremy Herrin Print ISBN: 978 0 00754 989 4 • Ebook ISBN: 978 0 00754 990 0 £10.99 • Script available now Hilary Mantel is an English novelist and short-story writer, best known for her Booker Prize-winning historical novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She has been described as ‘the greatest modern English prose writer working today’ (Sir Peter Stothard, Chairman of the Man Booker Prize). Mike Poulton is a playwright and translator. His work has been staged at the Donmar Warehouse, Old Vic, Almeida Theatre and by the RSC, amongst others. press release release press For further information and review copies, contact Robin Booth, Marketing Manager, [email protected] or 020 8749 4953 NICK HERN BOOKS • The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP tel. 020 8749 4953 • fax. 020 8735 0250 • www.nickhernbooks.co.uk .