Kirsten Claiden-Yardley, Wolf Hall | MASTERPIECE Studio
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🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Wolf Hall.
Production researcher Kirsten Claiden-Yardley is an Oxford educated historian, researcher, and author with a particular interest in 15th and 16th century British history. Today, Kirsten takes us behind the tapestry to discuss working on MASTERPIECE’s 2015 production Wolf Hall, and provides the real life historical context for this monumental historical drama.
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| 0:56.2 | Few stories in history measure up to the innate drama of King Henry VIII and his six wives. |
| 1:03.4 | Although almost 500 years have passed since Henry's reign, this is a story that has become immortal. |
| 1:13.4 | In 2015, masterpiece first aired Wolf Hall, director Peter Kisminski's adaptation of late author Hillary Mantell's historical novels, |
| 1:16.4 | Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. |
| 1:22.1 | This adaptation recounts King Henry's divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Arrigan, |
| 1:28.1 | his tempestuous marriage to Anne Boleyn, and the rise of his right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell. |
| 1:32.1 | Who says I shouldn't employ the son of an honest blacksmith? |
| 1:40.9 | Everything that you are. Everything that you have will come from me. |
| 1:48.7 | For stories as old as this one is, truth often takes a backseat to myth, as facts fade into convenient narratives. But with Henry and Anne Boleyn, it's incredible just how much historical |
| 1:53.9 | detail is readily available. And yet, there are still many mysteries lurking in the shadows. |
| 2:00.2 | To ensure his film was as historically |
| 2:02.0 | accurate as possible, director Peter Kisminsky worked closely with a team of historians who advised |
| 2:07.8 | him on everything from clothing and set design to customs, manners, and dining etiquette. |
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