Edward II : a chronicle play / Bertolt Brecht ; English version and introduction by Eric Bentley.

Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England. English

xxviii, 100 p. ; 18 cm.

Translation of Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England, which was based on C. Marlowe's Edward the Second.

Based on Christopher Marlowe’s classic play, The Life of Edward II of England dramatizes the life of the king who was deposed and eventually murdered by his wife and her lover. King Edward’s treatment of his favourite courtier, Gaveston, causes discontent among the English nobles, and provokes the Queen’s jealousy. She and her lover, Mortimer, raise an army, intending to put her son on the throne. Although Brecht used Marlowe’s play as a source, he envisioned Edward II as a challenge to German Shakespearean traditions, which he considered stodgy and middle-class.

No act divisions ; 16m, 1w, extras.

Men

D B829Le 1966