Wolf Hall: A Court Lit by What Was Actually Available
Peter Straughan's Cromwell drama trades spectacle for candlelight and stillness, and mostly wins the trade.
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Peter Straughan's Cromwell drama trades spectacle for candlelight and stillness, and mostly wins the trade.
Milch's profanity isn't anachronism for shock value — it's the only way to make period blasphemy land on a modern ear.