EDWARD II

About the show

"...My father is dead. Come, Gaveston, and share the kingdom with your dearest friend." Which weighs heavier: the burden of a realm or the longing of a single heart? In a world governed by rigid traditions and the unrelenting coldness of the court, one man dares to commit the ultimate transgression. King Edward refuses to wear the stony mask imposed upon him by his office. He turns away from the calculations of power and chooses unconditional closeness with Gaveston—a man who, to the political establishment, represents provocation incarnate. In his visually striking productions, director Ran Chai Bar-zvi approaches even existential themes with great lightness of touch, without trivializing their serious core. Following his successful production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, he returns to Schauspiel Frankfurt with this classic by Marlowe.