Robert Hardman and Kate Williams trace how Edward II’s friendship with Piers Gaveston sparked a political crisis. From Gaveston’s exiles to Edward’s marriage to Isabella of France, the episode ...

Raw and relentless, fierce and fascinating, respectful to the original and also wildly original, this "promenade" production of Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II" -- most of the audience stands for the ...

"I'll bandy with the barons and the earls, and either die or live with Gaveston." There has been much conjecture over the centuries as to the true nature of Edward II’s relationship with Piers ...

The discussion turns to what Edward and Gaveston’s relationship may have been, why Gaveston was captured and executed, and ...

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 reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start, when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

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, ...

A violent, sumptuous and altogether thrilling ride of a Renaissance piece that tells the story of King Edward II, Gaveston, and the rebellious nobles who conspire to bring them both down. King Edward ...