Twitter and computer games are go-to pastimes in the world of “E2,” Bob Bartlett’s contemporary reimagining of Christopher Marlowe’s “Edward II,” but the king and his court have kept up their fencing ...
In 1593, Christopher Marlowe penned "Edward II," based on the life of Britain's only openly gay monarch. In 1991, legendary artist and director, Derek Jarman (Wittgenstein, Caravaggio) radically ...
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 ...
Get a first look inside the rehearsal room of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II. Directed by Daniel Raggett, Edward II will be staged at the Swan ...
Tamara Harvey took no heed and Edward II sees her RSC compadre, Daniel Evans (pictured below, kneeling centre), back on stage after 14 years and in the title role to boot. In Daniel Raggett’s stripped ...
Directed by Daniel Raggett, Marlowe’s tender, yet violent play about King Edward II and the man he loves features Daniel Evans - the RSC’s Co-Artistic Director and double Olivier Award-winner - in the ...
The discussion turns to what Edward and Gaveston’s relationship may have been, why Gaveston was captured and executed, and how Edward II’s reign unraveled after Bannockburn. The hosts also examine the ...
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, ...