The Lion in Winter
A comedy bv JAMES GOLDMAN John Turner as Henry II, King of England
Barbara Jefford as Queen Eleanor, his wife Michael Cochrane as Richard Lionheart , the eldest son
Clive Francis as Geoffrey, the middle son
Gary Cady as John, the youngest son Geoffrey Burridge as Philip, King of France Phoebe Nicholls as Alais, a French princess
' What family doesn't have its ups and downs? ' remarks Eleanor of Aquitaine, the estranged, imprisoned wife of Henry II. The Christmas gathering of the Royal
Family at Chinon in 1183 is spectacularly fraught. The divisive issue is that of succession to the throne of England.
Eleanor, Henry and his three sons, Richard,
Geoffrey and John, all plot with one another to secure the throne for themselves or their candidates. Directed by IAN COTTERELL
(John Turner is in ' Evita ' at the Prince
Edward Theatre, London)