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TOM STUART talks about playing the gay king EDWARD II in Marlowes classic play
Christopher Marlowe’s play EDWARD II written in the 16th Century about the medieval King who was deposed and beheaded is too rarely performed. Which makes this new production at The Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London even more special, particularly as for once the talented lead actor TOM STUART playing the role the gay…
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Jonathan Kemp rapturous ☆☆☆☆☆ review of Edward II, Christopher Marlowes drama about the gay king of England
Edward II ☆☆☆☆☆ Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London “All they that love not tobacco & boys are fools”, Christopher Marlowe famously declared, and whilst there’s no tobacco in his play Edward II, there’s plenty of boy-love – and plenty of fools. Nick Bagnall’s production foregrounds the central love triangle of King Edward (Tom Stuart), Gaveston…
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Princess Margaret : The Rebel Royal
Like most Brits we always had a great deal of affection for Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister Princess Margaret which started at our Protestant kindergarten (many many years ago) when we were all asked to pray for her. Not that we understood what it meant but we were told it was because she had decided…
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Jonny Ward reviews ‘And The Rest Of Me Floats’ about the messiness of gender
And The Rest Of Me Floats ☆☆☆ Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is a small theatre with a huge reputation for new writing and, most notably for an LGBT audience, it is where the seminal play ‘Beautiful Thing’ by Jonathan Harvey had its world premiere back in 1993. ‘And The Rest Of…
