FROM THE BARN THEATRE ARCHIVE

The Lion in Winter

By James Goldman
Directed by Linda Dyne
18th – 26th January 2019

Do you know what I should like for Christmas? I should like to see you suffer!

The year is 1183. Like many a modern-day politician, Britain’s King Henry II finds it occasionally useful to take his wife out of mothballs and parade her before the public. Henry’s Queen Eleanor, long exiled to a faraway castle, is ‘invited’ to join Henry and their three sons for a family reunion. In this way, Henry hopes to maintain a stronghold on his empire and prevent the balance of power from shifting to Eleanor or one of his sons: Richard the Lionheart, Prince Geoffrey, or Prince John. Also on hand for the get-together is Henry’s young mistress Princess Alais who happens to be betrothed to his son Richard – and the Princess’s brother, King Philip of France. Chaos reigns!

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

Directed by
Linda Dyne

CAST

King Henry II
Queen Eleanor
Prince Richard
Prince Geoffrey
Prince John
Princess Alais
King Philip of France

CREATIVE TEAM

Production PHOTOS

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DON'T FORGET, COMING UP AT THE BARN SOON

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Opening 17th October
by Adam Long & Allen Plenderleith
Short & Sweet - Two Nights of 15-minute plays at the Barn.
Opening 28th October
By Various Local Writers

 

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