Sir Thomas More
Play
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. Wikipedia
Playwrights: William Shakespeare, Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, and more
Date premiered: c. 1591–93
Characters: Thomas More; Earl of Shrewsbury; Roger Cholmeley; Thomas Palmer; John Mundy; William Roper
Genre: English Renaissance theatre, History play
Setting: England, 1517–1535
Subject: xenophobia, law and order, church and state