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Edward II
By Christopher Marlowe - Stage play
Roles
- Edward II
- Gaveston
About this piece
Edward II has to separate from his friend and lover Gaveston
Summary
The play focuses on the major events during Edward II's reign (1307-1327). It starts with Edward I's death and subsequent recall of Edward II's friend and favorite (and lover) Piers Gaveston from France. Gaveston is later first exiled and then murdered by other noblemen. Edward II's throne is threatened by the Queen, Isabella of France, who raises an army with the help of her lover Mortimer and defeat the king at Bannockburn. The king is taken prisoner and eventually executed along with his brother Edmund. At the end Edward III revenges his father's death by executing Mortimer and imprisoning his mother. Under the pressure of various noblemen in the court and forced by the Pope, King Edward has to send his friend and lover in exile to Ireland. In this scene the king parts from his beloved Gaveston.
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