Edward II

Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593)

Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan tragedy focuses on the downfall of King Edward II, whose love for his favorite courtier, Piers Gaveston, leads to rebellion. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Cast
Gaveston: Chuck Williamson
King Edward II: Martin Geeson
Lancaster/Berkeley: Todd
Mortimer Senior/Monks/Matrevis: Ric F
Mortimer Junior: mb
Earl of Kent: Arielle Lipshaw
Earl of Warwick/Sir John of Hainault/Lightborn: Alan Mapstone
Bishops of Coventry, Winchester, and Canterbury/Spencer Senior: Algy Pug
Queen Isabella/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Pembroke/Mower/Gurney: Thomas Cardwell
Prince Edward: Charlotte Duckett
Spencer Junior: Robin King
Baldock: om123
Leicester: Joseph Abell
First Poor Man/Earl of Arundel/First Lord: bala
Third Poor Man/Rice Ap Howell/Trussel/Second Lord: Amanda Friday
King's Niece: Libby Gohn
Messenger/Herald: Caprisha Page

Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett

Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Tragedy

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Act 1 Group 00:49:31
Play 02 Act 2 Group 00:33:24
Play 03 Act 3 Group 00:20:49
Play 04 Act 4 Group 00:25:47
Play 05 Act 5 mb
Alan Mapstone
00:44:30