Edward II
by Bertolt Brecht
Adapted and Directed by Elizabeth Tanner
Produced by Adam Miller
Played at BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio on
February 24, 2007 through April 1, 2007.
This play was an intense and swiftly moving account of a king controlled
by his basest passions, a weak man who became a puppet of his
homosexual lover, and paid a tragic price for forsaking the governance
of his country. The action took place in early fourteenth-century England,
during a period when England was surrounded by enemies in Scotland,
Ireland, Denmark, and France.
Edward, preoccupied by the banishment of his lover, Gaveston, barely
acknowledged the nascent crises that threaten his realm; he indulged his
passions and abdicated his duties, failing to recognize that his willful and
persistent refusal to attend to state affairs was eroding his royal authority.
Edward II Featured:
Kevin Bishop, Joe Ciresi, Courtney Crouse,
Esteban Cruz, James Dolson, Jonathan Goodman, Traci Hartely, Josh Horne, Sean Parker,
J.R. Rodriguez, and Sean Walton as Edward II.
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