Edward II

Edward II (The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England)

    Author: Christopher Marlowe

    First Performance: c.1592, London

    Published: 1594

    Genre: Trag. in 1 act; blank verse

    Setting: Paris, Edward's court, and different locations in England, 1307–30

    Cast: 27m, 2f, extras

Gaveston, exiled in Paris, is summoned back to England by Edward II, now that he has succeeded to the throne. Despite the opposition of the barons led by Mortimer the elder and his nephew, Mortimer the younger, together with Warwick and Lancaster, Edward heaps honours on Gaveston. He orders Gaveston's enemy, the Bishop of Coventry, to be locked in the Tower. His love for Gaveston also causes him to neglect his Queen, Isabella. Eventually, Edward is forced to banish his favourite, but Isabella, in an...

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