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(Putting on a bib necklace) How beautifu...

Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Lion in Winter

James Goldman

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Style
Dramatic
Time & Place
1183, Henry’s castle in Chinon
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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(Putting on a bib necklace) How beautiful you make me. What might Solomon have sung had he seen this? (Putting up a mirror, unable to look). I can’t. I’d turn to salt. I’ve lost again. I’m done, for now. Well, there’ll be other Christmases.

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We’re locked in for another year: four seasons more. Oh, what a desolation, what a life’s work. (Putting it on as Geoffrey enters) Is it too much? Be sure to squint as you approach. You may be blinded by my beauty.

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