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We often associate Thomas More with utopias (because of his famous satire published in 1516), the narrative of Richard III as a tyrant (something Shakespeare had a hand in as well), and resisting Henry VIII by supporting Catholicism when Henry wanted a divorce. Robert Bolt's 1965 play A Man for All Seasons with Schofield in the title role sets More up as a model of heroic and self‐sacrificial resistance to authority. Some of this is accurate: More (born 1478, beheaded for treason in 1535 after two years in the Tower of London) did write Utopia (and gave the name to...
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