Edward II
By Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Ian Guy
Edward Longshanks, Edward I is dead and his weak and ineffectual son is now Edward II.
His first command is to recall from exile in France his favourite, Piers Gaveston, an action that proves unwelcome amongst the Barons and the Bishops.
With rebellion brewing, the royal marriage falling apart and the different factions taking sides armies are raised and the executioner’s axe is wielded freely.
Piers Gaveston | Graeme Mooney |
Poor person 1/James, a guard/Bishop of Coventry | Christian de la Croix |
Poor person 2/Attendant/Herald/Beaumont | Gina Turvill |
Poor person 3/Abbott | Richard Hogben |
King Edward II | Jack Harding |
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster | Krish Madray |
Roger Mortimer, Earl of March | Dan Loney |
Edmund, Earl of Kent, brother to the King | Stuart Cloete |
Alice, Countess of Warwick | Ana Anajuba |
Bishop of Canterbury/Guard | Callum Dinnett |
Queen Isabella | Clémence Bernard |
Beatrice, Countess of Pembroke | Amie Lynn |
Baldock, a servant | Jack Feltham |
Edward Spencer, a friend of Gaveston’s | David Purser |
Lady Margaret de Clare | Carmel Smith |
Alice, Countess of Arundel | Sarah Davies |
John Matrevis, Jailer/Guard | Callum Dinnett |
Gourney, Jailer/Guard | Jordan Burston |
Lightborn, Assassin | Tara Studholme Lyons |