EDWARD II

by Christopher Marlowe

Directed by Toby Robertson

28 August 1969 - 21 March 1970

Edinburgh Festival, UK and European tours, Mermaid Theatre and Piccadilly Theatre.

Piers Gaveston
. . . . . . . . . . . .
James Laurenson
First Poor Man
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Christopher Whitehouse
Second Poor Man
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Howarth
Third Poor Man
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Andrew Crawford
King Edward the Second
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Ian McKellen
Edmund Earl of Kent, his brother
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Peter Bourne
Thomas Earl of Lancaster
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Trevor Martin
Roger Mortimer of Chirk
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Spice
Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, his nephew
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Timothy West
Guy Earl of Warwick
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Paul Hardwick
The Bishop of Coventry, later of Winchester
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Godfrey
The Archbishop of Canterbury
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Eddison
Queen Isabella, sister to the King of France
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Diane Fletcher
The Earl of Pembroke
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen Greif
Robert Baldock, later Lord Chancellor
. . . . . . . . . . . .
David Strong
Young Spencer, later Earl of Gloucester
. . . . . . . . . . . .
David Calder
Lady Margaret de Clare, the King's niece
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Lucy Fleming
Sir Thomas Berkeley, the Earl of Arundel
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Colin Fisher
Old Spencer
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Andrew Crawford
Prince Edward, son of King Edward II
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Myles Reighermann
Levune
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Richard Morant
Sir John of Hainault
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Spice
Rice ap Howell
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Trevor Martin
The Abbot of North Abbey
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen Greif
A Mower
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Nicholas
The Earl of Leicester
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Richard Morant
Sir John Maltravers
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Paul Hardwick
Thomas Gurney
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Terence Wilton
Lightborn
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Robert Eddison
Soldiers, Messengers, etc.
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Nigel Crewe, Nicol Gordon, Nigel Havers, Michael Howarth, Jeremy Nicholas, Nicolas Olivier, William Smith, Christopher Whitehouse



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