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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

The Lion in Winter

James Goldman

Paperback | Pages: 103 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 9437 Users | 174 Reviews

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Title	:	The Lion in Winter
Author	:	James Goldman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe 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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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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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.

Extraordinary. I have a problem with despicable people. I have a bias against them, so shoot me. If you suck, I garner no enjoyment from your suckdom, and therefore will not typically read a book that is strictly about lying, conniving, murderous, adulterous, dare I say slimy?, people. Though we know little of their true personalities, I believe those adjectives could easily fit Henry II, his wife Eleanor and their crew, based on documented wars and murders alone. But I did, enjoy it that is,

Im going to be seeing this play in a couple of weeks, and I wanted to reread it before then. Eleanor is one of the best parts Ive ever played, and this play is just amazing... some of the best dialogue ever. Its just perfect. I hope I can play her again one day. For the love of God, cant we love one another just a little? Thats how peace begins. We have so much to love each other for. We have such possibilities, my children; we could change the world.

Spent 23 years of my life knowing the best line of the play (Dear me, whatever shall we do with mother?) but never understood the themes, context, and power that came along with the story that my grandmother, father, and high school director loved so much. Grandma played Eleanor and Mr. Balster played one of the sons. Richard or Geoffrey? Either way, would have given anything to see that production. Anything at all.

We are the world in small. A nation is a human thing; it does what we do, for our reasons. Surely, if were civilized, it must be possible to put the knives away. We can make peace. We have it in our hands.God, I love this play. Almost every line is golden.Wellwhat shall we hang? The holly or each other?Its Christmas, 1183, and King Henry II, Henry Plantagenet, is a force of nature, a whirlwind of intensity and macho. Hed thrown his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in prison ten years previously, and

This is the play that the movie came from, and it's one of the most exciting and witty plays written. My edition has an interesting introduction by Goldman in which he relates how many people believe that the movie was made because the play was a big hit, which wasn't true. It was the movie, released over two years after the play had closed its brief Broadway run (with Christopher Walken as King Philip) that turned the play into a classic.It's Christmas, 1183, and the three princes, Richard,

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