With <em>Wolf Hall</em>, PBS Finds a Drama Worthy of the Word <em>Masterpiece</em>
The adaptation of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel is a tour de force, from its magnificent cast to its fascinating analysis of politics and power.
When it comes to PBS, the word “” is used rather liberally these days (I’m looking at you, ). But of all the myriad British exports to have been aired by the anthology series in recent years, is one that truly earns the adjective. The six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novel, debuting Sunday at 10 p.m., is magnificent—the kind of achingly grand BBC drama that gathers every estimable actor within a hundred-mile radius and has them portray a story so intricate and ambitious and tragic that it could only come from history itself. “A man’s power is in the half-light, in the
