23 July 2013

Robert Bolt in Sale, Greater Manchester

13 Northenden Road, Sale, Trafford.
 
'ROBERT BOLT
(1924–1995)
Playwright and Screenwriter
Author of
"A Man For All Seasons"
was born in this house
15 August 1924'
 
The play A Man for All Seasons was published in 1960, and turned into a screenplay by Bolt for the film that was released in 1966. It's probably slightly less well known that Bolt also wrote the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965).

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