"Hamilton, John Maddicott and Seymour Phillips re-focused attention on the role of the individual leaders in the conflicts. With the exceptions of Hilda Johnstone's work on Edward's early years, and Natalie Fryde's study of Edward's final years, the focus of the major historical studies for several years was on the leading magnates rather than Edward himself, until substantial biographies of the King were published by Roy Haines and Seymour Phillips in 2003 and 2011. Several plays have shaped Edward's contemporary image. Christopher Marlowe's play ""Edward II"" was first performed around 1592, and focuses on Edward's relationship with Piers Gaveston, reflecting"
"Roslyn Knutson has speculated on the original performance for ""Edward II"". In her essay, ""Marlowe, Company Ownership, and the Role of Edward II,"" she argues that ""Edward II"" was written for Edward Alleyn and Strange's Men; however, Pembroke's Men performed ""Edward II"" with Richard Burbage (the most prominent actor in William Shakespeare's playing company) as Edward. Knutson uses the number of lines assigned to players, Marlowe's familiarity to the different play companies, and the role of Isabella to provide evidence for her argument. She concludes that Burbage's performance in ""Edward II"" influenced how Shakespeare designed roles for Burbage. The first"
"The Life of Edward II of England The Life of Edward II of England (German: ), also known as ""Edward II"", is an adaptation by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht of the 16th-century historical tragedy by Marlowe, ""The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer"" (c.1592). The play is set in England between 1307 and 1326. A prefatory note to the play reads: Brecht wrote his adaptation in collaboration with Lion Feuchtwanger. It is written mostly in irregular free verse, with two songs (one of which is"
"Richard II (play) King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: ""Henry IV, Part 1""; ""Henry IV, Part 2""; and ""Henry V"". Although the First Folio (1623) edition of Shakespeare's works lists the play as a history play, the earlier Quarto edition of 1597 calls it ""The tragedie of King Richard the"
"Edmund Ironside (play) Edmund Ironside, or War Hath Made All Friends is an anonymous Elizabethan play that depicts the life of Edmund II of England. At least three critics have suggested that it is an early work by William Shakespeare. The play was never published in its own era; the unique copy of the text was preserved in MS. Egerton 1994, an important collection of play manuscripts now in the collection of the British Library. E.B. Everitt, Eric Sams, and Peter Ackroyd have argued that this play is perhaps Shakespeare's first drama. According to Sams, ""Edmund Ironside"" ""contains some 260"
"how the play ties together themes of power, social status, and suffering, stating, ""In ""Tamburlaine"" [Marlowe] had already contemplated power, and saw the spectacle inevitably involved suffering. Here the suffering, still consequential on the exercise and the dream of power, is the major fact."" Leech notes that each of the characters who strives for power or holds a powerful position in the play—Edward, Gaveston, the Queen,and Mortimer—each meets a tragic end as they vie for power According to Andrew Gurr, the first known performance of ""Edward II"" was in 1592 by the Earl of Pembroke's Men, possibly at the Theatre."
"quarto of 1594 states that the play was originally performed by the Earl of Pembroke's Men. According to E.K. Chambers, ""Edward II"" was one of three plays sold to booksellers—along with ""The Taming of A Shrew"" and ""The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York""—and was probably the only one of those three not worked on by Shakespeare. Mathew Martin argues that the Roger Barnes's 1612 version of ""Edward II""—while traditionally seen as a corrupt publishing of the play—reveals how the play was received in Jacobean England and how the play was revised to draw attention to King James's controversial"
"Edward Howard (playwright) Edward Howard (baptised 1624 – 1712) was an English dramatist and author of the Restoration era. He was the fifth son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, and one of four playwriting brothers: Sir Robert Howard, Colonel Henry Howard, and James Howard were the others. The brothers were sometimes confused in their own era, and Edward was sometimes given credit for his brother Henry's play ""The United Kingdoms"". Edward Howard was christened on 2 November 1624, at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Howard had a reputation as an exacting and difficult author. In their famous satire ""The Rehearsal"", the"
"Edward II. He also received the Golden Bird Award for theatre in 2002. ""Pilot"" – hommage to Srečko Kosovel, AGRFT, 1996/7 ""Federico"" – poetry by Federico García Lorca, MGL, 1999 Oton Župančič: ""Veronika of Desenice"", Šentjakobsko Theatre, 2000 Eugène Ionesco: ""Exit the King"", PDG Drama Theatre Nova Gorica, 2000 Bob Fosse: ""Chicago"", SGL Celje, 2002 ""Duel"", GLEJ Theatre, 2002 Roland Schimmelpfenning: ""Arabian Night"", SNG Nova Gorica, 2005 Alfred de Vigny: ""Chatterton"", Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Drama Ljubljana, 2004 Ivan Cankar: ""A Scandal in Saint Florian's Valley"", SNG Nova Gorica, 2005 Alexandre Dumas: ""Queen Margot"", Mladinsko theatre, Ljubljana, 2005 Christopher Marlowe:"
"promotion of male favorites. The title page of the 1622 edition states that the play was performed by Queen Anne's Men at the Red Bull Theatre, showing that ""Edward II"" was still in the active repertory well into the seventeenth century. Since the twentieth century, the play has been revived several times, usually in such a way as to make explicit Edward's homosexuality. Marlowe's play was revived in November 1961 in a student performance at the University of Nottingham. It was frequently revived in the 1970s. The Prospect Theatre Company's production of the play, starring Ian McKellen and James Laurenson,"
"Edward IV (play) Edward IV, Parts 1 and 2 is a two-part Elizabethan history play centring on the personal life of king Edward IV of England. It was published without an author's name attached, but is often attributed to Thomas Heywood, perhaps writing with collaborators. The two parts were entered into the Stationers' Register together on 28 August 1599, and were published together later that year in a quarto issued by the bookseller John Oxenbridge. The title page of the first edition states that the play was acted by ""the Earl of Derby his servants"". A second quarto was released"
"19 November they performed, for Archduke Ferdinand II and his duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria, a play called ""The King of England and the Goldsmith's Wife"" — which might have been ""Edward IV"". Edward IV (play) Edward IV, Parts 1 and 2 is a two-part Elizabethan history play centring on the personal life of king Edward IV of England. It was published without an author's name attached, but is often attributed to Thomas Heywood, perhaps writing with collaborators. The two parts were entered into the Stationers' Register together on 28 August 1599, and were published together later that year in"
"of the day. Restoration dramatists often reworked the plays of earlier playwrights; ""Ned"" Howard was accused of relying on work by James Shirley. His five plays are: Edward Howard (playwright) Edward Howard (baptised 1624 – 1712) was an English dramatist and author of the Restoration era. He was the fifth son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, and one of four playwriting brothers: Sir Robert Howard, Colonel Henry Howard, and James Howard were the others. The brothers were sometimes confused in their own era, and Edward was sometimes given credit for his brother Henry's play ""The United Kingdoms"". Edward"
"Thomas Wolsey in Folly. John Bale's ""Kynge Johan"", written 1538, takes another significant step toward the emergence of the secular history play by specifically naming the historic figures associated with his allegorically named characters. Later in the century, Christoper Marlowe's ""Edward II"" (1592) was profoundly influential in the development of the history play. While earlier English history plays tried to incorporate as much information as possible from their sources, Marlowe focused on the events that would contribute to his play from a storytelling perspective. In doing so, he not only provided the link between history and tragedy which would be"
"Edward, My Son (play) Edward, My Son is a British play written by Noel Langley and Robert Morley. Its original West End run lasted for 782 performance between 30 May 1947 and 23 April 1949, initially at His Majesty's Theatre and then at the Lyric Theatre. The play portrays the moral decline of a business tycoon, Sir Arnold Holt who has worked his way up from humble beginnings. Holt's efforts for social advancement are driven by his desire to provide the best for his only son, Edward of the title, who never actually appears. The original cast included Morley himself"
"Ironside, who receives it honorably. Ironside wants the Danes to select which side, east or west, of England they want. Canutus and Ironside leave to go celebrate. Edricus, in an aside, speaks the last words of the play: “By heaven I'll be revenged on both of you.” Edmund Ironside (play) Edmund Ironside, or War Hath Made All Friends is an anonymous Elizabethan play that depicts the life of Edmund II of England. At least three critics have suggested that it is an early work by William Shakespeare. The play was never published in its own era; the unique copy of"
"and east walls fell into the sea, and most of the south wall was demolished; the west wall, the gatehouse and a section of the south wall (with original wall walk) remain in good condition. In 1312 King Edward II took refuge in Tynemouth Castle together with his favourite Piers Gaveston, before fleeing by sea to Scarborough Castle. These events were dramatised by Christopher Marlowe in his play ""Edward II"", published in 1594. Act 2 Scene 2 of the play is set 'Before Tynemouth Castle'; Act 2 Scene 3 is set 'Near Tynemouth Castle'; and Act 2 Scene 4 is"
"""Richard II"", as for most of his chronicle histories, was Raphael Holinshed's ""Chronicles""; the publication of the second edition in 1587 provides a ""terminus post quem"" for the play. Edward Hall's ""The Union of the Two Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York"" appears also to have been consulted, and scholars have also supposed Shakespeare familiar with Samuel Daniel's poem on the civil wars. A somewhat more complicated case is presented by the anonymous play sometimes known as ""The First Part of Richard II"". This play, which exists in one incomplete manuscript copy (at the British Museum) is subtitled ""Thomas of"
"He also played the Nine for Big Finish, in their Doctor Who box sets Doom Coalition and Ravenous. John Heffernan (actor) John Heffernan is a British theatre and screen actor. He has worked with the English Touring Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the National Theatre, taking the lead roles in ""Edward II"" at the National Theatre, and ""Oppenheimer"" with the RSC. He has appeared on screen in a number of roles, including Henry Lascelles in the BBC adaptation of Susanna Clarke's novel, ""Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"", Jaggers in ""Dickensian"" and Steven Rose in the fourth series of ""Luther""."
"Richard II (2012 film) Richard II is a 2012 British television film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It is the first of four television adaptations of Shakespeare's second history tetralogy commissioned by BBC Two under the series title ""The Hollow Crown"". ""Richard II"" was directed by Rupert Goold, who adapted the screenplay with Ben Power. Ben Whishaw stars as the titular Richard II of England. It was first broadcast on 30 June 2012 on BBC2. Whishaw's performance earned him the 2013 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Leading actor. The program was nominated for the best"
"opposing critical approaches to ""Edward II""—one that views the play as subversive towards sexual norms and one that upholds sexual norms—by paying attention to how the play presents alternative sexuality and how it punishes sexual transgressions. Religion ""Edward II"" presents tension between the church and the state. When Edward and Gaveston strip the Bishop of Coventry of his lands and possessions, they joke subversively about religious traditions. Edward and Gaveston mock the Bishop as they attack him. Before the play takes place, the Bishop advocates for Gaveston's exile. As Edward and Gaveston attack the Bishop, they mock Catholic symbols as"
"Roman plays ""Coriolanus"", ""Julius Caesar"", and ""Antony and Cleopatra"". Another tragedy ""King Lear"", is based on British legend, as is the romanc ""Cymbeline, King of Britain"", which is set in Ancient Britain. Other playwrights contemporary to Shakespeare, such as Christopher Marlowe, also dramatized historical topics. Marlowe wrote ""Edward the Second"" which deals with the deposition of King Edward II by his barons and the Queen, who resent the undue influence the king's favourites have in court and state affairs, and ""The Massacre at Paris"", which dramatizes the events of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in France in 1572. Marlowe's ""Tamburlaine"
"Richard of Bordeaux Richard of Bordeaux (1932) is a play by ""Gordon Daviot"", a pseudonym for Elizabeth MacKintosh, best known by another of her pen names, Josephine Tey. The play tells the story of Richard II of England in a romantic fashion, emphasizing the relationship between Richard and his first wife, Queen Anne of Bohemia. The play was a major hit in 1933, playing a significant role in turning its director and leading man John Gielgud into a major star. Audiences found its portrayal of medieval characters speaking like modern people refreshing. Daviot wrote the play after seeing John Gielgud"
"of Mussorgsky."" New followed up playing selfish lover Steven in Peter Nichols new play ""Lingua Franca"" at the Finborough Theatre in London in July 2010. Critic Michael Billington praised New's casting. In September 2011, New played the title role in ""Edward II"" by Christopher Marlowe at the Royal Exchange Theatre. Alfred Hickling had high praise for New's performance as Edward II, a decidedly non-sympathetic role. ""Chris New's Edward earns pity, if not respect. His incessant vacillation is perfectly illustrated in the childish manner with which he folds his abdication papers into a crown, as if the realm of England were"
"Edmond (play) Edmond is a one-act play written by David Mamet. It premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, on June 4, 1982. The first New York production was October 27 of the same year, at the Provincetown Playhouse. The play consists of twenty-three short scenes. In the original production, each of the actors took on multiple roles, save the two playing Edmond and his wife. Kenneth Branagh starred as Edmond in a production of the play in London in 2003. A movie based upon the play, starring William H. Macy and Julia Stiles, has been shown at some film"
"Edward Bond Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them ""Saved"" (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. Bond is broadly considered one among the major living dramatists but he has always been and remains highly controversial because of the violence shown in his plays, the radicalism of his statements about modern theatre and society, and his theories on drama. Edward Bond was born on 18 July 1934 into a lower-working-class family in"
"Thomas of Woodstock (play) Thomas of Woodstock and Richard the Second Part One are two names for an untitled, anonymous and apparently incomplete manuscript of an Elizabethan play depicting events in the reign of King Richard II. Attributions of the play to William Shakespeare have been nearly universally rejected, and it does not appear in major editions of the Shakespeare apocrypha. The play has been often cited as a possible influence on Shakespeare's ""Richard II"", as well as ""Henry IV, Parts 1"" and ""2"", but new dating of the text brings that relationship into question. The play survives only as"
"inserted here, unlike the songs the Sirens sang, seems beyond conjecture. The most startling point to be noted is that Peele's 'signature' indicates that surely here the compositor was working directly from the author's manuscript."" Edward II is born during the play, but is never more than an infant in any of his scenes. In 1999, a ""retroform"" of the play was published, with the dubious scenes removed and the remaining text streamlined. Although this would be considerably easier to stage than the full text, there has to date been no modern production. In ""Shakespeare the Player"" (2000), John Southworth"
"Blackadder II Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom ""Blackadder"", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986. The series is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and sees the principal character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder, as a Tudor courtier attempting to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding execution by decapitation, a fate that befell many of her suitors. The series saw a number of significant changes from the format of ""The Black Adder"", notably Ben Elton replacing Rowan Atkinson as the"
"to Shakespeare ""or any other author"" as ""highly speculative"". Nonetheless, they note that: In 2006 Michael Egan offered a case for Shakespeare's authorship of the play in a four volume (2100-page) variorum edition, which includes a book-length authorship analysis. His evidence consists for the most part in what he suggests are thousands of verbal parallels. Egan claimed that Ian Robinson supported the attribution of the play to Shakespeare in a 1988 publication, ""Richard II and Woodstock"". but he cited no other adherents to this view. Ward Elliott reported that he had performed stylometric analysis on the manuscript's text which he"
"that his known plays share several concerns with ""Edward III"": ""David and Bethsabe"" revolves around adulterous love and its consequences; the action of ""Edward I"" dramatizes the creation of the title of Prince of Wales (of which the Black Prince was only the third holder); while ""The Battle of Alcazar"" dramatizes sixteenth-century warfare — the anachronistic model for the battle narratives in ""Edward III"", with their pikes and naval gunnery."" Harold Bloom rejects the theory that Shakespeare wrote ""Edward III"", on the grounds that he finds ""nothing in the play is representative of the dramatist who had written ""Richard III""."""
"Rough for Theatre II Rough for Theatre II (also known simply as Theatre II) is a short play by Samuel Beckett. “Although this discarded piece of theatre is dated ‘circa 1960’ in ""End and Odds"", a manuscript from two years earlier exists in Trinity College, Dublin, Library. This situates a first version, written in French [as ""Fragment de théâtre II""] and different from that eventually published in 1976 as between the English plays ""Krapp's Last Tape"" and ""Embers"".” Two bureaucrats, first Bertrand (A) and then Morvan (B) enter a sixth floor apartment where they find Croker (C) standing centre stage"
"Second World War to be misplaced. The Churchill Play The Churchill Play is a play by Howard Brenton. Written in 1974, the play offers a dystopian picture of an authoritarian England ten years in the future (i.e. 1984) and is set in an internment camp named after Winston Churchill. The play of the title is actually a play within a play, one put on by inmates of the camp, in which soldiers stand guard over Churchill's catafalque, only for him to rise from the dead. Originally performed at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1974, it was directed by Richard Eyre and"