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Edward II
Edward II

EDWARD II

Directed by Richard Marquand, Toby Robertson
United Kingdom, 1970
Drama, TV Movie, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

Prospect Theatre Company’s stage production of Marlowe’s play, captured by the BBC, in a version that accentuates the homosexuality of King Edward, who, in a watershed moment that upstages even the notorious red-hot poker, enjoys British TV’s first gay kiss with the scandalous Gaveston.

Synopsis

Prospect Theatre Company’s stage production of Marlowe’s play, captured by the BBC, in a version that accentuates the homosexuality of King Edward, who, in a watershed moment that upstages even the notorious red-hot poker, enjoys British TV’s first gay kiss with the scandalous Gaveston.