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Edward II
bookshelves: published-1594, play-dramatisation, summer-2010, re-read, spring-2012, paper-read, winter-20122013, film-only
Read from June 10, 2010 to December 31, 2012, read count: 3
** spoiler alert ** 
third visit is the Jarman film: http://youtu.be/P0rCQhqYc2w
Having got to Edward II in The Three Edwards I thought I would take a break and listen to this and here are the details...
BBC r3, Christopher Marlowe, Edward the Second, Sunday 13th September 2009.
Theme Tune
blurb - Christopher Marlowe's notorious portrait of a weak king in thrall to his passions, who pays the ultimate price for choosing his heart over his political responsibilities.
Adapted for radio and directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Cast:
Edward II ...... Toby Jones
Mortimer ...... Patrick Kennedy
Kent ...... Paul Hilton
Isabella ...... Anastasia Hille
Pembroke/Coventry/Leicester ...... Nigel Hastings
Lancaster/Matrevis/Sir John ...... David Hargreaves
Gaveston/Lightborn ...... Benjamin Askew
Spencer/Gurney ...... Stephen Hogan
Prince Edward ...... Ryan Watson
Warwick/Howell ...... Paul Rider
Canterbury/Spencer Snr ...... Malcolm Tierney
Arundel ...... Philip Fox
Lady Margaret ...... Lizzy Watts
From wiki - Marlowe found most of his material for this play in the third volume of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1587). He stayed close to the account, but he embellished history with the character of Lightborn (or Lucifer) as Edward's assassin. The play was first acted in 1592 or 1593 by Pembroke's Men.
I dedicate this to Gaveston hahahaha
third visit is the Jarman film: http://youtu.be/P0rCQhqYc2w
Having got to Edward II in The Three Edwards I thought I would take a break and listen to this and here are the details...
BBC r3, Christopher Marlowe, Edward the Second, Sunday 13th September 2009.
Theme Tune
blurb - Christopher Marlowe's notorious portrait of a weak king in thrall to his passions, who pays the ultimate price for choosing his heart over his political responsibilities.
Adapted for radio and directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Cast:
Edward II ...... Toby Jones
Mortimer ...... Patrick Kennedy
Kent ...... Paul Hilton
Isabella ...... Anastasia Hille
Pembroke/Coventry/Leicester ...... Nigel Hastings
Lancaster/Matrevis/Sir John ...... David Hargreaves
Gaveston/Lightborn ...... Benjamin Askew
Spencer/Gurney ...... Stephen Hogan
Prince Edward ...... Ryan Watson
Warwick/Howell ...... Paul Rider
Canterbury/Spencer Snr ...... Malcolm Tierney
Arundel ...... Philip Fox
Lady Margaret ...... Lizzy Watts
From wiki - Marlowe found most of his material for this play in the third volume of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1587). He stayed close to the account, but he embellished history with the character of Lightborn (or Lucifer) as Edward's assassin. The play was first acted in 1592 or 1593 by Pembroke's Men.
I dedicate this to Gaveston hahahaha
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