Edward II (1991)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Steven Waddington | as | Edward II | | Kevin Collins | as | Lightborn, the Jailor | | Andrew Tiernan | as | Piers Gaveston | | John Lynch | as | Spencer | | Dudley Sutton | as | Bishop of Winchester | | Tilda Swinton | as | Isabella | | Jerome Flynn | as | Kent | | Jody Graber | as | Prince Edward | | Nigel Terry | as | Mortimer | | Jill Balcon | as | Chorus of Nobility | | Barbara New | as | Chorus of Nobility | | Andrea Miller | as | Chorus of Nobility | | Brian Mitchell | as | Chorus of Nobility | | David Glover | as | Chorus of Nobility | | John Quentin | as | Chorus of Nobility |
| | Crew list: | | Derek Jarman (Director) | | Ken Butler (Writer) | | Derek Jarman (Writer) |
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Review
In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elisabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands the power-craving nobility the perfect excuse by taking as lover besides his diplomatic wife, the French princess Isabel, not an acceptable lady at court but the ambitious Piers Gaveston, who uses his favor in bed even to wield political influence - the stage is set for a palace revolt which sends the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon. |
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