Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonTransferring a winning novel to stage is difficult. Doing it with two " and succeeding " is a special featTurning a novel into a play is always tricky: even more so in the case of Hilary Mantel's two prize-winning books which view the dark intricacies of the Tudor court through Thomas Cromwell's fierce, prismatic intelligence. But, even if Mantel's poetic eye for detail gets somewhat …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AM on January 9, 2014