Treachery and corruption are at the centre of the latest play by the Conquest Players in Bromyard.

Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons explores the extraordinary stand made by Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, against the power of Henry VIII.

More was against the king's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his rule over the Church of England, but hoped to avoid death by staying silent.

He was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment and convicted of denying the king's title, on very unreliable evidence.

The play's director and chairman of the Conquest Theatre, Hugh Farey, said: "We've done a couple of comedies recently and wanted to do a classic play.

"This one is a well-known play and still has resonance today with its issues of conscience and public duty."

Mr Farey said the play featured a range of emotions from tension through to comedy.

"It starts off being quite friendly, but ends up being quite nasty," he said.

"The language is beautiful, it fits perfectly around More's actual words."

The play features more than 14 cast members, with experienced Conquest performers Hugh Farey, Frances Benson and Ann Smith as More, his wife and daughter.

Mark Cox will appear as commentator The Common Man and newcomers Jim Rolt and David Marshall-Morgan will play William Roper and Thomas Cromwell.

Performances will take place at the Conquest Theatre on November 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 at 8pm.

Tickets are £7 and £6 and are available from the box office on 01885 488575.

The next production at the venue will be Conquest Youth's performance of Return to the Forbidden Planet, a musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, from December 9-11.