Leanda De-Lisle

The Thomas Cromwell plays would be stronger if they made him weaker 

Mike Poulton's stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are a triumph — but he needs to build sympathy for the bodies in Bodies

Both menacing and warm: Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell [Getty Images/iStock/Shutterstock/Alamy]

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