Theatre fans rejoice, as the Royal Shakespeare Company is delighting us with a special production of the historic gay story Edward II running this spring. The play tells the often overlooked tale of ...

On taking my seat in the Olivier for Edward II, I feared the worst. Two large screens, an exposed Brechtian set, a lone keyboard player. This didn’t bode well. But, the frankly risible pianist aside, ...

It seemed like every literary gay in Warwickshire and the surrounding counties – plus Sir Ian McKellen! – was out in force in Stratford-upon-Avon last week, for press night of the Royal Shakespeare ...

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When it comes to sheer brio of presentation, few directors in Boston can rival David R. Gammons. And when you combine his conceptual brilliance and visual ingenuity with a dynamic performer like ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In 1593, Christopher Marlowe penned "Edward II," based on the life of Britain's ...

Steven Waddington plays the title character in “Edward II,” director Derek Jarman’s startling and singular radicalization of Christopher Marlowe. Just moments into Edward II (1991), his startling and ...

Today marks the 451st birthday of Christopher Marlowe, the famed English playwright who is believed to have influenced some guy named *checks notes* William Shakespeare, and who’s long been rumored to ...

It can be said of Derek Jarman that he is not going gentle into that bad night. Jarman, the world’s only self-acknowledged HIV-positive film director, has turned his fury, his sense of betrayal and ...

For 14 years, Daniel Evans has devoted himself to directing, having run Sheffield Theatres and Chichester Festival Theatre, then being appointed co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company ...