'A Man for All Seasons' is a play written by Robert Bolt, previously for BBC Radio in 1954 before seeing it again on stage. It premiered on 1 July 1960 at the Global Theater in London. The story begins when Sir Thomas More, a scholar and statesman, advises Richard Rich to become a teacher instead of striving to become rich, but he fails. He then gives Rich an Italian mug that was given to him by a lady he reviewed. It was given to him as a bribe and he didn't realize it until after he received it and decided not to keep it. Around the same time, King Henry VIII wishes to divorce and remarry as Queen Catherine has not given birth to a male heir. More objects to this but remains silent. Cardinal Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of England, writes a letter to the Pope to dissolve the king's marriage, and More examines it. More clarifies that the Pope made an exemption once when he accepted the marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragorn because she was the widow of King Henry's brother. Wolsey advises More to be more practical and less moralistic. After arguing with Wolsey, More meets Thomas Cromwell, the cardinal's secretary and Mr. Chapuys, the Spanish ambassador to England. Chapuys interprets More's evasive response to the cardinal as a disagreement about divorce and informs More that if King Henry insults Queen Catherine, it will be considered an insult to the King of Spain since Catherine is the king's aunt. Others return home to find Roper, her daughter, Margaret's Lutheran fiancé, visiting Margaret and asking for her hand in marriage. More tells him that as long as he is a heretic, there is no way he can marry Margaret. Meanwhile, Wolsey dies in disgrace when he fails to obtain an exemption to unbind King Henry's master charter... without causing any further harm to More beyond a life sentence as long as More remains silent. Cromwell confiscates More's books but allows his family to visit him by making Margaret vow to convince her father to change his mind. More does not give in and Alice finally sympathizes with her husband. They reconcile and leave when the jailer insists that the visiting time is up. Cromwell grants Rich the position of Attorney General of Wales in exchange for false testimony. Although More remained silent, Rich claims to have heard More deny the king's authority over the church. More is sentenced to death but ultimately declares his disapproval of the Act of Supremacy and his discontent that the government will execute a man for his silence. More is unperturbed and faces death with dignity. The play ends with the beheading of Sir Thomas More.