Utopia-1

Scene 1 We see ferocious gargoyle statues at Hampton, before observing Cardinal Wolsey, King Henry VIII's Chancellor, writing a letter. A messenger takes it down the Thames, which is full of natural beauty, to Thomas More's house. At the More residence, More and guests are sitting around laughing and joking—Wolsey himself is a subject of their jests. When More gets the letter, he departs for Wolsey's at once, after telling his young friend Richard Rich that he might have a position for him. Scene 2