REP TALK Lion in Winter casting has begun

• Author: OPINION Nadine Rayner
• Published date: 24 May 2023
• Publication title: Whanganui Midweek

Director Kerry Girdwood says she’s pleased to have cast Kerry O’Sullivan as Eleanor of Aquitaine, the former queen of France and at the time the play is set (1183), wife to King Henry II of England

“Her marriage to Henry was unusual in that it was a love match, a ‘coup d’amour’ in a climate when marriages forged geopolitical alliances. Normally, the aristocracy didn’t marry for love but Henry and Eleanor did marry for love, which makes their story extraordinary.”

Newcomer to Whanganui Georgia Bishop will play Princess Alais of France. The powerful English King Henry II will be brought to life by Alfred Edgecombe, an actor...