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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
When the lights went down on opening night of “The Lion In Winter” last Friday night, the Gay St. Theatre stage was darkened and empty after several hours of professional action.
“TK<£ Lion In Winter,” performed by the Rappahannock Players, is a two act fictional play about the very real King Henry II of England.
The story opens at Christmastime, as Henry II plans to announce which of his three spoiled sons will gain possession of his crown, his land and the beautiful girl, upon his death.
Henry’s youngest son, John Lacklander, played by Jody Carbone, steals the show with his whimsical ways — a spoiled sixteen-yearold prince who deserves both love and the resounding echo of a good paddling — but none of what his father has to bequeath.
Henry’s middle son, Geoffrey, played by Sam Clifton, plots carefully around his estranged mother, his hated father and his gullable brothers for his ow®, success. He does not want his father’s crown, real estate or women — or does he?
But the eldest, Richard the Lionhearted, does. Howard Coon creates Richard’s drive for personal success and vindication with professional perfection. Again, as with John, the eldest prince deserves tenderness with a good scolding.
The women, Dinah Pehrson-Day playing Eleanor of Aquitaine — mother of the three immature boys and wife to the aging Henry — and Cynthia Norris playing Richard’s betrothed yet Henry’s true love and lover, Alais Capet, compete for the love of one man, Henry II.
And Henry II, played by Stephen Hostetter, when he’s not on stage denying his son a bride, birthright or honesty, he’s creating havoc with his various loves and lovers.
But, Stephen Hostetter did more for this tragic yet comic tale which explores man’s greed, deceit and ultimately brotherhood.
Hostetter created Henry’s castle.
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