The incredible success of his first play flowering cherry staged in 1957 1958 drove bolt into becoming a full time playwright robert bolt is best known for his most successful play a man for all seasons staged in 1960 which won five tony awards starring paul scofield on broadway bolt himself wrote the film version adapted in 1966 . I had the honour to direct and design an award winning production of a man for all seasons a passion for history particularly tudor drew me to this an enormous role for thomas more and for thomas cromwell to a lesser extent but a brilliant play with everything you could want well recommended both for reading and for production read more 4 people found this helpful helpful sending . A man for all seasons a play in two acts robert bolt dramatises the conflict between king henry viii and sir thomas more it depicts the confrontation between church and state theology and politics absolute power and individual freedom throughout . A man for all seasons a play in two acts robert bolt the classic play about sir thomas more the lord chancellor who refused to compromise and was executed by henry viii the story in play form of the conflict between sir thomas more henry viii