
The Lion in Winter
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Narrated by:
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Alfred Molina
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Kathleen Chalfant
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Full Cast
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By:
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James Goldman
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.
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Critic reviews
"[A] classic tale of deep family dysfunction and Machiavelli-level intrigue....Witty and wrenching, full of dagger-sharp quips and veiled motives." (The Boston Globe)
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Where does The Lion in Winter (Dramatized) rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This dramatization of the play was well done, made me wish I were seeing it rather than just hearing it.What was one of the most memorable moments of The Lion in Winter (Dramatized)?
There were several witty quotes, my favorite being "I'm villifying you for God's sake, pay attention."What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The different actors helped to give each character depth, and brought some of the history into the story.If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
And you thought your family was bad!Any additional comments?
Dramatization is not my favorite medium, but this was well done.Clever and Witty
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Magnificent
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Masterful! Alfred Molina at his best.
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one of the best plays ever.
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It’s good, but
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Lion in winter
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What a treat to listen to - highly recommended
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I think the best performance here was Chalfant as Eleanor. I felt that she approached Hepburn’s acting in the 1968 film. Molina would be my second pick for his solid but toned-down Henry II. The rest did their jobs well enough. Laurel Moglen’s Alais is one of those top-and-bottom things: top, because she nailed the character; bottom, because Alais is so weepily cringe that I wanted to pull earbuds whenever she started talking.
The only thing wrong with this production is that it’s not the film. It can’t possibly BE the film. The film had a legendary cast acting the scenes separately with the best takes making it into the final product. No set of theatre actors, doing it all in one go, is going to out-perform that, and for Molina’s sake I’m glad he didn’t try. If he spent ninety minutes screaming like O’Toole, he’d have a stroke and die.
Both this play and the film cover the same material, but the film is better acted and can be rented a few bucks cheaper. No slight to this production, but unless you need it in pure audio format, I’d watch the film.
Solid Reading, buuuut….
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Falls flat
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