Screen Two · SEASON 9
Edward II
Episode 2 · 1993-12-30
- Drama
Episode overview
In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan 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 favour 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.
Season 9 episodes
1. The Clothes in the Wardrobe1993-12-23
2. Edward II1993-12-30
3. The Long Roads1993-01-31
4. Femme Fatale1993-02-07
5. Dead Romantic1993-02-14
6. The Cormorant1993-02-21
7. Prague1993-02-28
8. Voices in the Garden1993-03-07
9. Maria's Child1993-03-28
10. The Snapper1993-04-02
11. The Trial1993-12-19
12. The Railway Station Man1993-12-30
99. Delete1992-04-12
