A new revival of Christopher Marlowe's pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on his relationship with his male "favourite" Piers Gaveston. This week, at ...

Daniel Raggett’s darkly atmospheric, modern-dress staging hinges on a performance of real bravery from RSC co artistic director Daniel Evans ...

He also gave a special talk at the BFI about his life and career with Shakespeare. In 1969, Sir Ian starred in Prospect Theatre Company's Edinburgh Festival production, Edward II - by Christopher ...

The story relates the disastrous reign of Edward II, whose lavishing of gifts and political power on his low-born lifelong companion Gaveston drove a wedge between the king and the nobles on whom ...

Prince Edward is the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince PhilipHe has been ... a dukedom upon marriage but Edward, after seeing Shakespeare in Love, was drawn to the Earldom of Wessex.

Every time a big production of Edward II has been put on, it has been a monumental moment for LGBTQ+ rights, somewhat coincidentally. This new Royal Shakespeare company production, starring Daniel ...

He’s had a few theatres to run and is currently sharing artistic director responsibilities for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Tamara ... Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II. A landmark play in its ...

Why stage Richard II in 2025? Perhaps, post-Brexit, because it kicks off Shakespeare’s eight-play retelling of ... are fighting for majority shareholder control of Grandad Edward III’s England-Corp.

who would go on to become Edward II, are seen as particularly problematic. Kenneth Branagh played Shakespeare's Henry V in a movie of the same name, but how close to reality is the famous speech ...