A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons, written by Robert Bolt, is a very well known, famous play. The main character of this play, Sir Thomas More, is probably why this play is so widely known. Sir Thomas More is more than a main character, but instead a hero because of his accomplishment in the original steps in being a hero, which are three main steps: the suffering of physical wounds, the descent into darkness, and the return to reality. The first of three steps is the suffering that More goes through, physically, is caused by the selfishness of King Henry VIII. For years More was kept locked in the to