A rehearsed reading of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light
		Adapted by Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles Saturday 6 June, 2026 Performed at All Hallows by-the-Tower Church

Presented as part of the 2026 Wolf Hall Weekend, this exclusive rehearsed reading of The Mirror and the Light – Hilary Mantel’s gripping conclusion to her award-winning trilogy – brought to life the final days of Thomas Cromwell in the very place where the events unfolded. With a script adapted by Mantel herself in collaboration with the celebrity actor Ben Miles (who played the role of Cromwell on stage and introduced the play as part of the weekend), this rare performance unfolded in the atmospheric setting of All Hallows by-the-Tower — only yards from where Cromwell was imprisoned, tried, and executed nearly five centuries ago.
 

Cast> (in alphabetical order) Anna of Cleves/Mary Tudor : Ekaterina Baker Richard Riche/Christophe : Sorrel Brown Thomas Wriothesley : Sebastian Chrispin Walter Cromwell/Hans Holbein : Paul Graham Duke of Norfolk : Richard Hague Jane Seymour/Katherine Howard : Emily Hassan Lady Rochford : Sophie King Ghost of Wolsey/Mary’s Servant/Pilgrim 2 : Vanda Grace Lawrence Stephen Gardiner : Tim Lerner Sir William Kingston/French Ambassador : Geoffrey Martin Rafe Sadler : David Miller Archbishop Cranmer : Richard Patient Bess Seymour/Dorothea Wolsey : Laura Riekkola Gregory Cromwell : Alex Rowntree Abbess/Dr Butts/Pilgrim 1 : Vyvian Shaw Eustache Chapuys : John Stivey Edward Seymour : Mark Timmis Duke of Suffolk : David Wainwright Thomas Cromwell : Paul T Willcocks Henry VIII : Jonathan Wober

Production Team Director : Dan Usztan Assistant Director : Amanda Waggott Stage Manager : Dinah Irvine Technical Co-ordinator : Stephen Ley

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Photography by Amanda Waggott