The Lion in Love (play) in 1963. The Lion in Love (play) The Lion In Love is a 1960 play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney. It was her second written play. It was premiered at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry on 5 September 1960 With a cast from the English Stage Company, the play commenced a run at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 29 December 1960. The work has been described as a "follow up" to Delaney's 1958 play A Taste of Honey but did not achieve that earlier play's success. "The Lion in Love" had an Off-Broadway professional run in the
French history in the English-speaking theatre of Guise (1588) during the French wars of religion, both killed, the latter by the king (1588, act 4, scene 4), the former by Jacques Clément, disguised as a priest (1589, act 5, scene 7, final scene). French history in the English-speaking theatre The history of France has been the basis of plays in the English-speaking theatre since the English Renaissance theatre. Christopher Marlowe wrote "The Massacre at Paris" (1593), based on events during the reign of Charles IX of France, king from 1560 to 1574 and of Henry III of France, king from 1574 to 1589. In the first