Edward II
This play tells the story of the political tragedy of the king's infatuation with the young Gaveston.
This play tells the story of the political tragedy of the king's infatuation with the young Gaveston.
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
1854594109
Publish date: December 15th 1999
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Glbt,
Tragedy,
16th Century
My first encounter with this play was a movie that I watched once on SBS (the Special Broadcasting Commission for you non-Australians – this television station specialises in foreign and art-house programs, and soccer, however it has earned the moniker of 'Sex before Soccer' because a lot of the for...
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/P0rCQhqYc2wHaving got to Edward II in The Thre...
third visit is the Jarman film: http://youtu.be/P0rCQhqYc2w----------------Having got to Edward II in [b:The Three Edwards|401930|The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3)|Thomas B. Costain|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1174447088s/401930.jpg|391324] I thought I would take a break and listen to this a...
According to Christopher Marlowe, Edward II was a dude who only thought with his penis. Not my favorite subject matter. Lightborn was cool, though. [First read, October 2008]
I love Marlowe. He was more popular than Shakespeare in his time, and his plays are more bombastic, more in-your-face, less subtle. Edward II is maybe Marlowe's most lurid, and it's my favorite.
11 years ago
Log in with Facebook 
