bookshelves: re-read, teh-brillianz, film-only, play-dramatisation, plantagenet-1154-1485, medieval5c-16c, winter-20142015, re-visit-2015, families Read from January 01, 1996 to February 23, 2015, read count: 4 (view spoiler)Laura's found a remake - HUZZAH - just right for a Monday blizzard ban...
bookshelves: re-read, teh-brillianz, film-only, play-dramatisation, plantagenet-1154-1485, medieval5c-16c Read from January 01, 1996 to November 29, 2013, read count: 3 Now for the film: Peter O'Toole ... Henry II Katharine Hepburn ... Eleanor of Aquitaine Anthony Hopkins ... Richard John Castl...
I’m not sure if Molina is the best Henry II I’ve seen or heard, but this performance of the play is darn good. The repartee is well done and even with just the audio you can hear the passion and disgust that Henry Eleanor feel for each other.
Terrific book, by the author of The Lion in Winter. A very sympathetic look at King John, and revealing some of the misery that he must have known in his life as the littlest brother of a very talented family. Worth the hunt to find. Five stars.
Here's one I'd love to give a re-read. I recall finding it quite fascinating at the time, as I was quite clueless about the details of John's reign. (Some would say not much has changed...)
A whirlwind look at a completely dysfunctional family under the guise of history. It supposedly represents Henry II and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine and their children in a conflict over who will replace Henry when he dies. There is much conniving, fighting, threatening and general mayhem through...
I truly do love this play. The writing's devilishly good and wickedly fun. Some lines are real gems. To me, it doesn't matter that the story's one of fiction. The play in essence gives life to these people and makes them seem more real. And given my knowledge of the history of Henry II, Eleanor of A...
Rating: 3.5* of fiveThis was a nigh-unto-irresistable journey back thirty-five years. The author is the man who wrote the play The Lion in Winter and won an Oscar for adapting it into a screenplay. I don't like reading plays, or screenplays, but that's one of my all-time fave-rave movies. What are t...
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