På Maribo Kloster lever Leonora Christina, datter af Christian IV, Grevinde af Slesvig og Holsten og en klog gammel kone sine sidste år. Her konfronteres hun med sine gamle skeletter i skabet, fangenskabet i Blaataarn, men også med kærligheden til sønnen Leo og venskabet med salmedigteren Thomas Kingo. Men hvem var denne kvinde, som hele sit liv kun elskede én mand? Hvad gjorde hende så stærk?
Skuespillet LEONORA giver et bud på denne næsten mytiske kvindeskikkelse i den danske historie.
Sven Holm (1940 – 2019) was a Danish author and playwright. His first short story collection, Den store fjende, was published in 1961. In 1974, Holm was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy.[1] He was awarded the Holberg Medal in 1991.[2] In 2001, Holm was made a member of the Danish Academy.[3] That same year, he was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature.