![]() ![]() These conflicts lead to Gaveston’s exile and murder, new and shifting romantic loyalties on all sides, and revenge and retribution that ultimately seal Edward’s fate. ![]() His radical ideas around affairs of state, lack of military acumen, and loyalty to his ambitious lover Piers Gaveston pit him against powerful nobles and his calculating queen. In the wake of Edward I’s death, his son Edward has taken the throne as Edward II. ![]() Marlowe uses the tumultuous history of 14th century England to share one man’s struggle between self identityĪnd the demands of his court and kingdom, presented in a taut new version that pares the work to eightĬharacters to suit the intimate space of the CWT and the intensity of his script. “Can kingly lions fawn on creeping ants?” “My father is deceased come, Gaveston, and share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.” The great-grandfather of Richard II, Edward II showered favor on his treasured friend, Gaveston, leading to bitter resentment from the nobles with fatal consequences. ![]()
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