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Edward II (TV Movie 1970) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
19 January-21 March 1970: Piccadilly, London (Recorded for BBC Two television) "McKellen and Director Toby Robertson have confronted with stark candor the fact that Edward II is a play by a homosexual about a king who was a homosexual who indeed ruined himself for an infatuation.
1970. Directed by Richard Marquand, Toby Robertson. The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile. Cast. Crew. Details. Releases.
- Richard Marquand, Toby Robertson
- Prospect Theatre Company, BBC
1970: Edward II. King Edward (Ian McKellen) learns of the death of his favourite, Gaveston, in this scene from the production of Marlowe's Edward II. Copyright 1970 British Broadcasting Corporation.
May 26, 2009 · Edward II was the son of the powerful king Edward Longshanks (See "Lionheart")and father to the equally powerful Edward III. But Edward II's reign was a disgrace. And even thought Edward II was two kings before the beginning of the War of the Roses, which Shakespeare covers in eight plays, from Richard II to Richard III, Edward II takes ...
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The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
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.
