2007-2008
EDWARD THE SECOND
By Christopher Marlowe
Adapted by Garland Wright
Directed by Jesse Berger
In this intensely provocative play about the dangerous intersection of sex and politics, King Edward the Second asserts his right to the private life he desires, only to have his love, his life, and his kingdom destroyed. Do those in power have the right to a personal life? Should private needs be sacrificed for “the greater good?” Love at any cost? The greatest tragedy by Shakespeare’s greatest peer comes to a stunning new life in the World Premiere of Garland Wright’s adaptation of this classic tragedy in the first Off-Broadway revival of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward the Second in over 30 years.
EDWARD THE SECOND ran Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons's Peter Jay Sharp Theater from December 9, 2007 - January 27, 2008.
CAST
Edward II | Marc Vietor
Isabella | Claire Lautier
Prince Edward | Raum-Aron
Kent | Lucas Hall
Gaveston | Kenajuan Bentley
Spencer | Randy Harrison
Mortimer | Matthew Rauch
Lancaster | Davis Hall
Warwick | Joseph Costa
Bishop of Coventry/Monk | Arthur Bartow
Archbishop of Canterbury | Raphael Nash Thompson
Herald/Lightborn | Rob Breckenridge
Gurney/Ensemble | Wesley Broulik
Ensemble | William DeMerritt, Garth Wells McCardle, Derrick LeMont Sanders, Patrick Vaill
CREATIVE
Director | Jesse Berger
Set Designer | John Arnone
Costume Designer | Clint Ramos
Lighting Designer | Peter West
Composer/Sound Designer | Scott Killian
Sound Designer | Chris Peifer
Production Stage Manager | Kat West
Fight Director | Rick Sordelet
Movement Consultant | Tracy Bersley
Vocal Coach | Shane Ann Younts
Wig/Make-up Designer | Erin Kennedy Lunsford
Properties Master | Sean McArdle
Aerial Effects | Paul Rubin
Casting | Stuart Howard Casting
"Sleek… erotic… fearless… supremely modern. A 400-year-old play fired with the excitement of today."
-The New York Times
"A splendid new revival. Lurid and literate. The ratio of classy to trashy is perfect.”
-Time Out New York
"A spirited and intensely dramatic world premiere, filled with breath-catching violence, Red Bull Theater’s production of Edward the Second is as juicy as any you're likely to see or have seen."
-Curtain Up
“Violence, sex and power are vividly evoked… Terrifying!”
-Variety