Actors Paul Jesson (R, as Cardinal Wolsey) and Ben Miles (as Thomas Cromwell) perform in an adaptation of Hilary Mantel's books "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" during a photocall at the Aldwych Theatre in London May 15, 2014. Five centuries after he ruled the political roost in Tudor England, Henry VIII's chief minister Thomas Cromwell is playing to packed houses in London in two plays based on the best-selling novels of Hilary Mantel. It is further evidence of how her double Man Booker prize-winning books "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies", which have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, resonate for modern audiences with their mix of political and sexual intrigue. Picture taken on May 15. To match story THEATRE-BRITAIN/WOLFHALL REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Actors Paul Jesson (L, as Cardinal Wolsey) and Ben Miles (as Thomas Cromwell) perform in an adaptation of Hilary Mantel's books "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" during a photocall at the Aldwych Theatre in London May 15, 2014. Five centuries after he ruled the political roost in Tudor England, Henry VIII's chief minister Thomas Cromwell is playing to packed houses in London in two plays based on the best-selling novels of Hilary Mantel. It is further evidence of how her double Man Booker prize-winning books "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies", which have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, resonate for modern audiences with their mix of political and sexual intrigue. Picture taken on May 15. To match story THEATRE-BRITAIN/WOLFHALL REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina (2nd L, in glasses), Nadya Tolokonnikova (C), Pyotr Verzilov (2nd R), interpreter and husband of Tolokonnikova, U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) (L) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (R) talk to reporters after meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (at podium), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, talks to reporters after meeting with Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina (2nd R, with eyeglasses) and Nadya Tolokonnikova (R, in red) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (obscured by podium), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, talks to reporters after meeting with Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina (2nd R) and Nadya Tolokonnikova (R) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (2nd L), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, talks to reporters after meeting with Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina (2nd R) and Nadya Tolokonnikova (R) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, listens as Pussy Riot punk band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova speak to reporters through Pyotr Verzilov (C), interpreter and husband of Tolokonnikova, after meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 6, 2014. Also pictured is Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Furloughed federal workers and union members, upset with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the current government shutdown, listen at a news conference with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Mark Warner on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 2, 2013. The fight between Democrats and the Republicans over the government's borrowing power is rapidly merging with the standoff over every day funding, which has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to take unpaid leave. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Furloughed federal workers speak at a news conference with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Mark Warner in a room filled with union members, who are upset with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the current government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 2, 2013. The fight between Democrats and the Republicans over the government's borrowing power is rapidly merging with the standoff over every day funding, which has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to take unpaid leave. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Furloughed federal worker Marcelo Del Canto (L) speaks at a news conference, with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (C) and Senator Mark Warner (R), to a group of union members who are upset with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the current government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 2, 2013. The fight between Democrats and the Republicans over the government's borrowing power is rapidly merging with the standoff over every day funding, which has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to take unpaid leave. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (L) and Senator Ben Cardin (R) speak at a news conference with furloughed federal employees and union members about their anger at the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the current government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 2, 2013. The fight between Democrats and the Republicans over the government's borrowing power is rapidly merging with the standoff over every day funding, which has forced the first government shutdown in 17 years and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to take unpaid leave. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Senators John McCain (R-AZ) (center), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) (right) speak before Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Martin E. Dempsey, John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state, and Charles 'Chuck' Hagel, secretary of defense, arrive to present the administration's case for U.S. military action against Syria to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on September 3, 2013. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged quick congressional action authorizing the use of military force against Syria and won the support of leaders from both parties in the House of Representatives for limited strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) 

Louisville Cardinals guard Russ Smith (2) tries to go to the basket between Oregon Ducks forward Ben Carter (L) and Damyean Dotson (R) during their Midwest Regional NCAA men's basketball game in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Brent Smith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

Louisville Cardinals forward Chane Behanan (21) fouls Oregon Ducks forward Ben Carter (32) as he goes to the basket during their Midwest Regional NCAA men's basketball game in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) (L) talks with Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) prior to the start of a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Jack Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Treasury Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, is pictured during his meeting with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (not pictured) (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, is pictured during his meeting with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (not pictured) (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

Chuck Hagel (R), President Barack Obama's nominee for Defense Secretary, meets with U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (seated) signs into law H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, December 14, 2012. From L-R are: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, Obama, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, U.S. Rep. Sandy Levin, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (seated) signs H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, December 14, 2012. From L-R are: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, Obama, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, U.S. Rep. Sandy Levin, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, and U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), speaks as Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Al Franken (D-MN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) listen during a news conference calling for no reduction in the Medicare and Medicaid budgets as part of the year-end budget talks on Capitol Hill in Washington December 11, 2012. Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are attempting to negotiate a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and work toward a deficit reduction package in the next session of Congress that begins in January. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama stands next to U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md) while greeting customers at the Texas Ribs & BBQ restaurant in Clinton, Maryland March 15, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama stands next to U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md) as he orders ribs at the Texas Ribs & BBQ restaurant in Clinton, Maryland March 15, 2012.
REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Pictures of deceased Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (L) and Pope Benedict are seen printed on clothes worn by members of the faithful attending a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict at the Stade de l'Amitie (Friendship Stadium) in Benin's economic capital Cotonou November 20, 2011. The pope celebrated the big open-air Mass on Sunday, capping his three-day pastoral trip to Africa where he appealed to leaders to serve their people honestly and to developed nations to shun a condescending, know-it-all attitude towards the continent. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (BENIN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco (L) hits a three-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs as St. Louis Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina looks on in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Sarah Conard (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco (L) celebrates his three-run home run with teammate Brian Schneider during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Sarah Conard (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco (C) celebrates his three-run home run with teammates Carlos Ruiz (L) and Shane Victorino during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dave Kaup (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco celebrates his three-run home run with teammates Carlos Ruiz (51) and Shane Victorino (8) during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dave Kaup (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco (R) hits a three-run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs as St. Louis Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina looks on in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dave Kaup (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Carlos Ruiz (L) and Shane Victorino celebrate a three-run home run by teammate Ben Francisco (not pictured) during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Sarah Conard (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco hits a three run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Sarah Conard (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Philadelphia Phillies' Ben Francisco (L) hits a three run home run during the seventh inning of Game 3 of their MLB National League Divisional Series baseball playoffs as St. Louis Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina looks on in St. Louis, October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Sarah Conard (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) (L), Ben Cardin (D-MD) (C) and Jeff Bingaman (D-MN) speak before Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies to the Senate Finance Committee in Washington March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Louisville Cardinals guard Peyton Siva fouls Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Ben Hansbrough (R) for his fifth foul during the second half of their NCAA men's semi-final basketball game at the 2011 Big East Tournament in New York, March 11, 2011. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL) 

St. Louis Cardinals running back Tim Hightower (34) runs the ball for a gain while dragging along Seattle Seahawks defense Lawyer Milloy and Nate Ness (both partially obscured) while Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick (89) watches the action during the first half of their NFL football game at Qwest Field in Seattle on October 24, 2010. REUTERS/Anthony Bolante (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili (C) meets with members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Capitol in Washington April 14, 2010. At left is Representative Robert Alderholt (R-AL) and at right is Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) meets with Senator John Kerry (D-MA)(R) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)(L) on Capitol Hill in Washington March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) meets with Senator John Kerry (D-MA)(R) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)(L) on Capitol Hill in Washington March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Arizona Cardinals receiver Early Doucet (C) celebrates with teammate Ben Patrick (89) after scoring a second quarter touchdown as Green Bay Packers defenders leave the field during their NFL playoff game in Glendale, Arizona January 10, 2010. REUTERS/Rick Scuteri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Arizona Cardinals receiver Early Doucet (C) holds the ball after scoring a second quarter touchdown as teammate Ben Patrick (L) celebrates while Green Bay Packers defenders Atari Bigby (R) and Brandon Chillar (above R) look on during their NFL playoff game in Glendale, Arizona January 10, 2010. REUTERS/Rick Scuteri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick (89) signals a first down as Green Bay Packers defenders (L-R) Nick Collins, Nick Barnett and Brandon Chillar look on in the first quarter of their NFL playoff game in Glendale, Arizona January 10, 2010. REUTERS/Rick Scuteri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Arizona Cardinals tight end Ben Patrick runs for a first down against the Detroit Lions during the second half of their NFL football game in Detroit, Michigan, December 20, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Arizona Cardinals' Steve Breaston (R) runs away from Minnesota Vikings' Ben Leber for a first down in the first quarter during an NFL game in Glendale, Arizona, December 6, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Scuteri (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Women cheer for Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (unpictured) outside the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin international airport in Cotonou September 9, 2009, during her official visit to the West African nation. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou (BENIN POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (L) and her Beninian counterpart Yayi Boni (R) listen to the national anthem at the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin international airport in Cotonou September 9, 2009, during her official visit to the West African nation. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou (BENIN POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (L) inspects a guard of honour at the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin international airport in Cotonou September 9, 2009, during her official visit to the West African nation. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou (BENIN POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY) 

Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (L) smiles with teammate Hines Ward during the closing moments in their NFL pre-season football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) embraces Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner (13) after their NFL pre-season football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger jokes with teammates on the bench in the second quarter of their NFL pre-season football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) passes while teammate Trai Essex (79) blocks Arizona Cardinal defensive end Bertrand Berry (92) during the first quarter of their NFL pre-season football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (R) embraces former teammate and Arizona Cardinal Sean Morey (87) before their NFL pre-season football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) practices before the game against the Arizona Cardinals during the NFL pre-season football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2009. REUTERS/ David DeNoma (UNITED STATES SPORT FOOTBALL) 

U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) thanks New Haven firefighter Ben Vargas (R) for his testimony during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington July 16, 2009. Man at left is an unidentified New Haven firefighter. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS LAW) 

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor arrives for a meeting with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in Washington June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (R) is escorted into a meeting with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in Washington June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger waits on the sidelines with teammate Hines Ward while their team plays the Arizona Cardinals during the fourth quarter during the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game in Tampa, Florida February 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is hoisted up after his team defeated the Arizona Cardinals to win the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game in Tampa, Florida, February 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Carlson (UNITED STATES) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger shows two fingers representing his two Super Bowl wins after the Steelers win over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game in Tampa, Florida, February 1, 2009. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger runs off the field after defeating the Arizona Cardinals to win the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game in Tampa, Florida, February 1, 2009. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED STATES) 

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (C) celebrates with teammates Max Starks (78), Justin Hartwig (L) and Chris Kemoeatu (3rd L) after Roethlisberger threw the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter during the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa, Florida, February 1, 2009. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES)