Edward II

Overview

In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favour in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon.

Guest Stars

Steven Waddington

Edward II

Andrew Tiernan

Piers Gaveston

Dudley Sutton

Bishop of Winchester

Tilda Swinton

Isabella

John Lynch

Spencer

Jerome Flynn

Kent