The Lion in Winter
January 23 - Feb 7, 2004

written by James Goldman, directed by Nikolette Adams

 THE CAST

(in order of appearance)

Henry II Plantagenet.....BERNARD DICASIMIRRO
Alais Capet .....SHANNON LAMBERT-RYAN
John Plantagenet.....ANDREW FLOTHMEIER
Geoffrey Plantagenet.....DENNIS DOUGHERTY
Richard Plantagenet.....MARK CAIRNS
Eleanor of Aquitaine .....HAZEL EDWARDS
King Philip of France.....MARK PARKER

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The Year: 1183
The Place:  Chinon Castle, France
The Time:  Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

 ACT I

Scene 1                      Alais’s Chamber                   Late Afternoon
Scene 2                      The Reception Hall               Late Afternoon
Scene 3                      Eleanor’s Chamber              Dusk
Scene 4                      The Reception Hall               Early Evening
Scene 5                      Eleanor’s Chamber              Evening
Scene 6                      Philip’s Chamber                  Late Evening

ACT II

Scene 1                      Henry’s Chamber                 Late Night
Scene 2                      Alais’s Chamber                  Dawn
Scene 3                      The Cellar                             Early Morning

A note about the Castle:

Set on a rocky spur in the South of France, Chinon Citadel has dominated the Vienne Valley for centuries. Chinon Chateau was built for the first time in stone in 954 by Theobald I, comte de Blois. In the late 12th century, Henry II Plantagenet moved into Chinon and decided that his favorite residence would be converted for use as a stronghold. Until 1205 he and his descendants continued construction work adding a fortress to the east, an internal Chapel, a mill tower and numerous reinforcement towers. For the purposes of this Production, the Reception Hall is accessed by a series of connecting hallways and the Chambers are set in various areas of the Castle.

Notes from the Playwright: 

The historical material on Henry’s reign is considerable insofar as battles, plots, wars, treaties and alliances are concerned.  This play – while simplifying the political maneuvering combining a meeting of the French and English Kings in 1183 with a Royal Court held at Windsor in the following year into a Christmas Court that never was – is accurately based on the available data.

 The facts we have, while clear enough as to the outcome of the relationships – such things as who kills who and when – say little if anything about the quality and content of these relationships.  The people in this play, their character and passions, while consistent with the facts we have, are fictitious.

 The play, finally, contains anachronisms in speech, thought, custom and so on.  Those the author is aware of – the way, for instance, Christmas is celebrated – are deliberate and not intended to outrage the historical aspects of the script.

THE TEAM

Director.....NIKOLETTE ADAMS
Assistant Director.....BOB BROADBENT
Producer.....BRIAN EDWARDS
Stage Manager.....JOHN KOZEMPEL
Set Design.....FRANK MC CULLA, BOB BROADBENT
Sound Design.....SKIP VOLKLE
Lighting Design.....ERIC WEIDNER
 

PRODUCTION CREW

SET CONSTRUCTION:  FRANK MC CULLA, Carl Mc Culla, Frank Mc Culla Jr.,  Brian Edwards, Nikolette Adams, Bob Broadbent
SET DECORATION:  Jane Sideman, Frank Mc Culla, Bob Broadbent, Lynn Johnson, Pamela Grimme
SOUND:  RICH RAUTH, Michael Van Name
ART COORDINATOR:  PAMELA GRIMME
COSTUMES:  MARY OGLESBY,  Lynn Johnson
MAKEUP:  JEANNE WAYMAN, LIANE HAYMAN, Nikolette Adams, the Cast
LIGHTING:  ANDREW FLOTHMEIER, E. Steev Ramsdell
PUBLICITY:  STELLA MCCARTHY

Notes about the players, click HERE