The Lion In Winter
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 15, 2011
Closed Jan 28, 2012
Opened Nov 15, 2011
Closed Jan 28, 2012
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A family Christmas becomes a family at war. Henry II (Robert Lindsay, Cyrano de Bergerac, Me and My Girl), not so young as he was, invites his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (Joanna Lumley, La Bête, TV's Absolutely Fabulous), and his three sons, Richard, Geoffrey and John, to spend the festive season with him, his mistress Princess Alais, and her brother, the young King Philip of France. Will Henry name who is to be his successor as King of England? Their yuletide celebration turns into a combat zone of deceit, betrayal, bitter power games, and scabrous wit.
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James Goldman's creaky and wheezing 1966 historical play,
The Lion in Winter, has been revived by Trevor Nunn at the Theatre Royal Haymarket as a vehicle for Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley. But while the stars don't disappoint, the production itself is a lumbering, tired thing.
The play is set in 1183, in the French chateau of Henry II (Lindsay). His wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Lumley), has been confined for a decade for siding against him and is now only allowed out on occasion. His three surviving sons, Richard, Geoffrey and John (Tom Bateman, James Norton, and Joseph Drake), are jostling for power, while Richard's betrothed, the Princess Alais (Sonya Cassidy), has fallen for Henry a[...]