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The Lion in Winter

Haymarket
London
5 Nov - 28 Jan 2012
Video Designer Ian William Galloway
Associate Video Designer Salvador Avila
Director Trevor Nunn
Designer Stephen Brimson Lewis
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Sound Designer Paul Groothius
Composer Steve Edis
Producer Theatre Royal Haymarket

A family Christmas becomes a family at war. Henry II, not so young as he was, invites his estranged wife Eleanor of Aquitane, and his three sons, Richard, Geoffrey and John, to spend the festive season with him, his mistress Princess Alais, and her brother, the young King Philip of France. Will Henry name who is to be his successor as King of England? Their yuletide celebration turns into a combat zone of deceit, betrayal, bitter power games and scabrous wit.

Ian William Galloway designs a simple opening sequence for this new adaption, starring Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley and directed by Trevor Nunn.