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The Lion in Winter

James Goldman

Paperback | Pages: 103 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 9437 Users | 174 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Lion in Winter: A Play
ISBN:	0812973356 (ISBN13: 9780812973358)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry II of England, Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Philip II of France, John of England, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin

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Insecure siblings fighting for their parents’ attention; bickering spouses who can’t stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman’s classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form.
Keenly self-aware and motivated as much by spite as by any sense of duty, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine maneuver against each other to position their favorite son in line for succession. By imagining the inner lives of Henry, Eleanor, and their sons, John, Geoffrey, and Richard, Goldman created the quintessential drama of family strife and competing ambitions, a work that gives visceral, modern-day relevance to the intrigues of Angevin England.
Combining keen historical and psychological insight with delicious, mordant wit, the stage play has become a touchstone of today’s theater scene, and Goldman’s screenplay for the 1968 film adaptation won him an Academy Award. Told in “marvelously articulate language, with humor that bristles and burns” (Los Angeles Times), The Lion in Winter is the rare play that bursts into life on the printed page.

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Title	:	The Lion in Winter
Author	:	James Goldman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 103 pages
Published	:	December 14th 2004 by Random House (first published 1966)
Categories	:	Plays. Historical. Historical Fiction. Drama. Classics. Fiction. Theatre

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Around here, we know all the lines to The Lion in Winter and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and they are likely to be uttered at the least provocation. It never occurred to me to look for the script. It just fell into my hands while browsing the library shelf. I usually don't care for reading plays. I think they are best seen/heard or read aloud by a group. But that was great fun. Too bad it's not available in e-book form, but it's a fast read. I know there are historical inaccuracies, but

Ew. We open with King Henry in conference with his mistress, wherein he argues that while he's had sex with just about everything and everyone (including little boys), he loves her most. That's pretty much par for the course. We have a satyric king, a megalomaniac queen, and three sons who are (in order from oldest to youngest) the closeted extra-butch homosexual, the overlooked middle child (+ all related tropes), and the snot-nosed Daddy's boy that the script described as "adorable" but

A whirlwind look at a completely dysfunctional family under the guise of history. It supposedly represents Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine and their children in a conflict over who will replace Henry when he dies. There is much conniving, fighting, threatening and general mayhem throughout the play. I soon got bored and any intelligent person will too.

Wow, what a political intrigue. This is not a sprawling as Game of Thrones, but it's similar to it. Who will get the throne of England when Henry dies. He and his wife hate/love each other and Henry has a lover in his bed now. Wife Eleanor is trying to put Richard I on the the throne and Henry wants to put John on the throne and no one wants Geoffrey. The time is 1188 and I assume this is historically based.The characters were well rounded, devious, and everyone is willing to go to war or kill

Remarks: Have you ever had a new book sit on your shelf for weeks without being read and you can't start it because you're waiting for that perfect moment to start reading it? Then after you finish it you wonder how stupid you were for letting it sit there for so long? Yeah, me too.  Goldman's The Lion in Winter was just as good as the incredible hype surrounding it. As character-driven as this play was, I feel it would only be appropriate to go over some of its stand-out characters one-by-one.

THIS PLAY IS AN ABSOLUTE RIOT! It's Christmas time 1183 and the King of England is getting old....age 50....so it's time to decide if son Richard, Geoffrey or John will wear the Crown. Siblings are ALL fighting for the title from oldest to youngest and King Henry II AND Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, who have an on-going love-hate relationship, are in constant battle and disagreement. ALL are liars goading one another, scheming to make the best deal. The Aquitaine is at stake so the lies,

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