A new revival of Christopher Marlowe's pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on his relationship with his male "favourite" Piers Gaveston. This week, at ...

“Don’t put your co-artistic director on the stage, Mrs Harvey,” as Noel Coward once (almost) sang.

In 1290 the Jews were expelled from England – minus their money and ... Wales was handed to Edward's eldest son, Prince Edward (later Edward II) – a practise that continues to this day.

Hugh Despenser the Younger was one of the most reviled figures of 14th-century England. As King Edward II’s powerful favorite, he amassed enormous wealth, seized lands, and made dangerous enemies. His ...

Edward, son of Edward II and Isabel, daughter of King Philip of France ... During his reign the Black Death decimated the population of England. His brother John of Eltham is buried in St Edmund's ...

Both of the RSC’s major new productions begin with funereal solemnity: Hamlet (in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre) starts with a burial at sea; Edward II (in the Swan Theatre) opens with the dead ...

A new revival of Christopher Marlowe's pioneering play about the 14th-Century King of England puts the spotlight back on his relationship with his male "favourite" Piers Gaveston.

In 1290 the Jews were expelled from England – minus their money and ... Wales was handed to Edward's eldest son, Prince Edward (later Edward II) – a practise that continues to this day.