Bertolt Brecht's "Edward II" is a ramshackle play -- a mixture of political treatise, costume drama, and character study. It requires a director with a strong vision, one who will allow audiences to ...

Steven Waddington plays the title character in “Edward II,” director Derek Jarman’s startling and singular radicalization of Christopher Marlowe. Just moments into Edward II (1991), his startling and ...

3 Photos: New Look At JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR West End Starring Sam Ryder and More Directed by Daniel Raggett, Marlowe’s tender, yet violent play about King Edward II and the man he loves features ...

Queer stories have been having a bit of a moment for some time now. So much so that audiences tend not to get too worked up at the sight of two men kissing or undressing one another in the build-up to ...

King Edward II rejects his cold wife Queen Isabella and takes a male lover, the commoner Piers Gaveston upon whom he betows gifts and power. The king's behaviour enrages the sober, business-suited ...

On taking my seat in the Olivier for Edward II, I feared the worst. Two large screens, an exposed Brechtian set, a lone keyboard player. This didn’t bode well. But, the frankly risible pianist aside, ...

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires ...