r Thomas More, the sixteenth-century Lord Chancellor of England who was executed by King Henry VIII..." (McCarten 88). Gertrude Hamilton best describes the historical Sir Thomas More as:
             A charming, urbane man, extraordinarily successful in his public and private life - happy in his family and in his friendship, accomplished as a statesman, renowned for his intelligence and wit...was intensely involved in the life of his time, yet retained enough detachment to keep his sense of values intact. (275)
             Bolt has avoided irrelevant historical detail to give a sharp and brilliant portrait of a man who might just as easily be of our day as in King Henry's . Another example of Bolt using an actual figure from history is when "[he] portrays Henry VIII i
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