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	Sleeve Notes - McCabe: Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Edward II is John McCabe's third original ballet score, although it is the sixth to have been choreographed for the stage.
		Edward II ruled medieval England between 1307 and 1327, the tenth king to have done so since the Norman Conquest of 1066, and the second to be named Edward (thereby excluding the three Anglo-Saxon kings named Edward).
		Edward II was no soldier, however, and his attempt to pursue his father's aggressive policy in Scotland ended in a crushing defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /notes/67135-N.asp (1517 words)

	Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Even though Edward II is his most "commercial production" (Stratton, 1991), Jarman's still evident experimental style reaches into the very thematic heart of Marlowe's play, offering his viewers a contemporary re-interpretation of the clash between the public and private lives of powerful individuals.
		In the film, however, the man is clothed in his uniform, but Edward undoes the man's belt and loosens his pants in order to get a clear striking path for the butcher's knife.
		Edward is frustrated by a marriage that he does not want; Isabella simply is in the way, especially when she tries to be in control of the situation.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /film/journal/filmrev/edward-ii.htm (5010 words)

	Time traveller's guide to Medieval Britain
		The grandson of Edward III and nephew of John of Gaunt, Richard is prone to mood swings and generates suspicion by his fondness for bath-houses, cookery and eating with a spoon (as opposed to his fingers).
		As duke of Lancaster, the fourth son of Edward III is the richest landowner in England.
		Victory against Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314 is followed by the recapture of Berwick in 1318.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/guide12/part07.html (2892 words)

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		The marriage of Edward II and Isabella of France.
		Edward II refused to cooperate, which resulted in Gaveston's murder in 1312 (Edward I had been dead for five years by that time; only his ghost could have had anything to do with Gaveston's murder).
		In 1327 Edward was captured, imprisoned, and murdered, purportedly by the use of a hot poker which left no marks on the body, allowing the assertion that he had died of natural causes to be made.
	web.tiscali.it /marcobagnardi/Bravehert_personaggi/Edward_II.html (380 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Edward II - King of England - A201033
		Edward II was betrothed at a very early age to the six-year-old heiress to the Scottish throne, but she died in a shipwreck on the way to the wedding.
		Eventually Edward II was married at the age of 24 to Isabella of France, but even on his wedding night he preferred to sleep on the couch of his homosexual favourite, Piers Gaveston.
		Edward II was a very weak king who tended to rule by resorting to executing anyone who tried to stand against him.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A201033 (992 words)

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		Edward Plantagenet, known to history as Edward II, King of England and Lord of Ireland, was the father of Edward III and grandfather of Lionel, Duke of Clarence.
		Edward II's father, Edward I, was one of the great English kings, and his son had the usual problems of those who grow up under the shadow of a dominant father.
		In later times the names of Edward and Piers survived in tragic romance (from which Despenser was conveniently omitted) while those of Lancaster and Mortimer were forgotten, and Isabella was left with the unfortunate tag "the she-wolf of France." So Edward II has had his revenge in the long run, as queers always do.
	www.adam-carr.net /007.html (2901 words)

	'Edward II'
		Edward II," Derek Jarman's phantasmagoric, outrageously stylized interpretation of the Christopher Marlowe play, is more a creature of its director's sensibility than its creator's.
		In his hands, "Edward II" has become a chic melodrama that's part art object, part "The Valley of the Dolls." The king (Steven Waddington) and Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan) parade around with their followers at their heels like a surly street gang spoiling for a fight.
		And his idea of casting Edward's queen, Isabella (the beautifully mannequin-like Tilda Swinton), as a medieval Imelda Marcos, sublimating her sexual frustrations with ever more lavish Hermes gowns, is outrageously appropriate.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/edwardiirhinson_a0a760.htm (411 words)

	Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In history, Edward II was the name of an English king.
		In theatre Edward II is the name of a play by Christopher Marlowe.
		In film Edward II is the name of a film by Derek Jarman based on Marlowe's play.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /e/ed/edward_ii.html (119 words)

	Edward II and the Poker Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Edward's dad is King Edward I (Patrick McGoohan), also known as 'The Hammer of the Scots', and in the film Ed's a floppy-haired fop much given to fashion and worthless favourites, one of whom his father memorably throws out of a window.
		Edward was first taken to Kenilworth, where he agreed to abdicate in favour of his son.
		Edward was moved from one castle to another in secret just in case he had any supporters left who might try to spring him.
	www.mb007a2628.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /edward2.htm (1434 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		She also describes Bertolt Brecht’s adaptation of Edward II as one that centers more on the division among the power elite and the political effects of that division on the social atmosphere of the play.
		In his continual insistence that Edward’s tragedy is not a result of his love for Gaveston, Goldberg takes a large survey of the existing criticism on just that topic, including many of the sources I have already covered (including Alan Bray’s reading of the play and the social climate).
		In this version, a highly stylized William Wallace is actually pursued by the queen and is the father of Edward III, further feminizing Edward II and giving a strong indication of one contemporary approach to his character.
	filebox.vt.edu /c/cdelk/marlowebib.doc (1326 words)

	Derek Jarman's Edward II
		In fact, at the beginning of the film, the young future Edward III is the only innocent character, but soon he, too, becomes tainted by his corrupt environment.
		The use of pastiche in Edward II may be best exemplified during the blatantly political scene between the riot police of Mortimer (Edward's primary enemy, who in real life later unsuccessfully invaded England with Isabella, then his para mour) and Edward's own gay rights activists.
		This is one basis of the common criticism that Jarman's "queer" narrative of Edward II destroys Marlowe's original intent.
	pages.emerson.edu /organizations/fas/latent_image/issues/1994-05/edward.htm (1489 words)

	webGED: The Bement Family Data Page
		Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet.
		Edward was born on November 9, 1841, in Buckingham Palace, London, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and was christened Albert Edward.
		Edward was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire on June 15, 1330, the son of King Edward III of England.
	www.bementfamily.com /webged/bement.wbg/wga27.html (8149 words)

	Criticism: Marlowe Our Contemporary: Edward II on Stage and Screen
		Edward II, one might say, marks the spot where the two concerns intersect, displaying a politics of sexuality entangled in state power.
		It is particularly through the perspective of prince Edward, child-observer of a "dysfunctional family" at the apex of state power, that the audience is invited to "make sense" of the play's sexual and political conflicts and to consider their meanings for the future.
		Edward and Gaveston claim this throne for their own, sitting in it singly and together, making it the locus of their highly sexual embrace.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2220/is_4_40/ai_53935169 (858 words)

	Edward II Movie Review
		EDWARD II is a film by Derek Jarman, written by Jarman, Stephen McBride, and Ken Butler, based on the play by Christopher Marlowe.
		Edward and his lover Piers Gaveston appear in dark, stylish suits and ties, the Queen Isabella (Tilda Swinton) stalks through the entire movie as a fashion parade of campy haute couture fashion, the rebellious Mortimer (Nigel Terry) wears the uniform of a British officer, right down the bristly little mustache.
		I should because the film is beautifully shot, relying on carefully arranged tableaux vivants and chiaroscuro lighting, as it does in the main, the effects are stagey but visually rich.
	www.killermovies.com /reviews/edward-ii-review-ip.html (886 words)

	Edward II, a CurtainUp London review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Edward was married to Isabella Valois of France, daughter and sister to the kings of France.
		Edward II is imprisoned in Berkeley Castle and famously murdered by Lightborn (Peter McEnnery) at the queen and Mortimer's orders with an undetectable, red hot poker.
		Edward II is an outstanding example of the use of the Globe's space to perform a rare masterpiece play and should get the large and appreciative audience it deserves.
	www.curtainup.com /edward2lond.html (1060 words)

	Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1307-27 -- Edward II was weak and inept, dominated by his favorites and by his French queen.
		Edward II was killed by order of his wife, some say with a hot poker up his rectum.
		But it does show the English that the common people have to be taken into account, just as the rebels had touted a partnership between ruler and common man. It took the other nations to teach England how to be a nation.
	members.aol.com /snuffy1186/edwardii.html (273 words)

	Knitting Circle Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, Gaveston was to become Edward II's lover and a focal point of the baronial discontent that was to last throughout his reign, ending in Edward II's deposition and murder in 1327.
		See a summary of the article "In consequence of Edward II 1300-1400" by Colin Spencer, June 1999.
		Edward II was listed at number 192 in the top 500 lesbian and gay heroes in The Pink Paper, 10th.
	myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/edwardii.html (347 words)

	- Review: "Edward II" in Stuttgart
		Edward's wife Isabella, sad and despaired because her husband rejects her, turns into a revengeful and cruel queen scheming with her lover Mortimer for Edward's defeat.
		The main events in Bintley's choreography are the beautiful pas de deux for Edward and Gaveston, a dramatic pas de trois for them with Isabella, and a very difficult solo for the queen when she leads the French army against her husband.
		I personally don't mind the cruel scenes, when for example Edward is hugging a bloody sack with Gaveston's head in it, banging it on the walls, or Edwards death (he is impaled in a very cruel way).
	www.danze.co.uk /dcforum/happening/2991.html (922 words)

	Violence in male homosexual film: Querelle and Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though the tone of both these films is markedly different, what lies beneath their tales of violence and sexuality is that desire and destruction may not be so different after all, and that an eye for an eye doesn’t necessarily make the whole world blind.
		The art of the film’s violence is not in how it is directed, but in the meaning that it holds as each character engages in their struggles of ego.
		Contrary to the natural fluidity and beauty that violence in Querelle is born of, Jarman’s Edward II looks upon male aggression in a much darker light. Made in the early 1990’s as a modern adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s play, Edward II is a both a creative theatrical venture and a stab at politics.
	web.mit.edu /skuld/www/fanfic/violence-essay.htm (1045 words)

	No Ordinary Joe - Edward II
		An epic story of power and love, Edward II was directed by acclaimed theatrical director Michael Grandage as part of the theatre's 2000/2001 season.
		Edward II has, Grandage recalls, been performed as 'a rubber-clad gayfest', but he sees it differently: as a political play with a gay theme which, in telling a chunk of English history, pits a new generation against the old in a way that makes it possible to side with anyone.
		Film star Joseph Fiennes, who played the bard in the blockbuster Shakespeare in Love, returns to the stage next year to play the title role in one of the greatest dramas by Shakespeare's contemporary rival, Christopher Marlowe.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/beeswing/EdwardII.html (1197 words)

	RollingStone.com: Edward II Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Like Howards End, Edward II reaches back to the past -- this time to a 1592 Christopher Marlowe play -- to illuminate the present.
		After his father's death, Edward II (Steve Waddington) infuriates his barons and his French queen, Isabella (Tilda Swinton), by sending for his lover Gaveston (Andrew Tiernan).
		Edward and Gaveston talk while two naked men tangle erotically in the background.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/movie/_/afl/imdb/pageid/rs.ReviewsMovieArchive/pageregion/mainRegion/id/5947173 (209 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Edward II
		Edward is quite distracted from affairs of state, much to the distress and anger of the court (somber men in business suits) and his ignored queen Isabella (Tilda Swinton).
		As the pressure mounts on Edward and Gaveston and Isabella engineers their separation, gay rights protestors appear outside the castle and make a racket (Jarman recruited real protestors from OutRage, a British group similar to America’s Act Up.) It’s jarring yet compelling to see such images while listening to Shakespearian style language.
		Even though Edward was a crummy king, it’s hard not to feel absolutely livid when he’s dragged off to meet his end, an ugly death that involves a red hot poker.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/548a4a37c392dfe888257027005b186c?OpenDocument (534 words)

	TFK/Cine: Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Edward II handler om den homofile kong Edward II og den tragiske skjebnen han led i 1300-tallets England.
		Det er en sjokkerende brutal film, og oppsiktsvekkende fordi skildringen av det eksplisitt homofile forholdet mellom Edward og Graveston ligger i Christopher Marlowes originalmanus fra 1592.
		Edward II er en av Jarmans mest åpne og tilgjengelige filmer, og også en av de mest krasse politisk sett.
	oldwww.nvg.ntnu.no /film/tfk/pda/pdaomtale.php?id=1010 (241 words)

	Film - Jarman's Edward II (1991) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		That technique, along with extensive use of modern-day dress, permits the seamless shift from epoch to epoch, adding further depth to the universality of the themes.
		Edward’s spurned Queen, Isabella, leads much of the action.
		Tellingly, in 2004 with so many sexual abuse suits and trials rolling through the media in an unstoppable tide, the early scene where the Bishop is beaten produces more a feeling of justice than outrage.
	www.jamesweggreview.org /Reviews_Film/Jarman's_Edward_II_1991.htm (672 words)

	ENGLISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Edward II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		• In history, Edward II was the name of an English king.
		• In theatre Edward II is the name of a play by Christopher Marlowe.
		• In film Edward II is the name of a film by Derek Jarman based on Marlowe's play.
	encyclopaedic.net /english/ed/edward_ii.html (256 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Edward II (1992)
		King Edward II is generally considered to be one of the most ineffectual and unpopular kings ever to grace the throne of England.
		Waddington is acceptable as Edward, though he seems so inoffensive that one wonders why he excites such resentment, or inspires the initial love from the queen that turns to hatred.
		This is a very dark film, often beautifully lit, and this comes across very well, as does the rough texture on the walls that echoes the decay of the royal line.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=7542 (890 words)

	channel4.com/film - Edward II
		Edward II Be the first to rate this film
		A jewel of a film from a treasurable director.
		With a pared down set, costumes that are parodies of 14th-century fashions and a brutal frankness about violence and sexuality, it could hardly be further away from the cosiness of standard Brit literary adaptations and period fare.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=103059 (136 words)

	call him eDward - Aktuell
		On the eDIT opening gala on 11 November 2001 the winners of the film competition Edward II were honoured before 1000 guests.
		The visual expression of the film is strong.
		That films reaches the viewer directly and the aesthetic organization is succeeded.
	www.ed-ward.de /e-preis/aktuell.htm (937 words)

	Theater into Film
		His most commercially successful film, Edward II, is an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s play that purists might consider shocking.
		Moving the work’s latent homosexual subtext to the forefront, Jarman blends the story of the man crowned King of England with contemporary depictions of homosexual repression and gay activism, as Edward is dethroned for taking a male lover.
		Visually striking, dramatically convincing, and with its gay politics firmly grounded in English history and theater, Edward II was one of Jarman’s final films and a ringing condemnation of societal homophobia.
	www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/01mayjune/theater.htm (168 words)

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