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Robert Bolt

(1924-1995), Playwright and screenwriter

Robert Oxton Bolt

Sitter in 8 portraits
Robert Bolt attended Manchester University, and for several years taught English and history in secondary schools. He was thirty-three when the success of one of his earliest plays, Flowering Cherry (1957), starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson in its first run at the Haymarket Theatre, persuaded him to become a full-time writer. Bolt's greatest theatrical success was his 1960 play A Man for All Seasons, which was made into a film in 1966. He also wrote many screenplays including Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), which he also directed, The Bounty (1984), and The Mission (1986).

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Robert Bolt, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(43)

Robert Bolt

by Sir David Low
pencil, circa late 1950s-1963
NPG 4529(43)

Robert Bolt, by Sir David Low - NPG 4529(44)

Robert Bolt

by Sir David Low
pencil, circa late 1950s-1963
NPG 4529(44)

Robert Bolt, by Russell Jarvis - NPG x182382

Robert Bolt

by Russell Jarvis
bromide press print, 1958
NPG x182382

Robert Bolt, by Stephen Hyde - NPG x24938

Robert Bolt

by Stephen Hyde
bromide print, 23 May 1985
NPG x24938

Robert Bolt, by Tara Heinemann - NPG x30983

Robert Bolt

by Tara Heinemann
bromide fibre print, 1986
NPG x30983

Robert Bolt, by Jill Kennington - NPG x127151

Robert Bolt

by Jill Kennington
bromide print, 1986
NPG x127151

Robert Bolt, by Mark Pepper - NPG x32112

Robert Bolt

by Mark Pepper
resin print, 1987
NPG x32112

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