Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Paul Ashcroft as Piers, Johnny Carr as Ned. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Edward II

18 July 2016 – 09 August 2016 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

New adaptation Theatre Collaboration

Edward II is a leader who fails to lead—king who loses everything because of his addiction to another man. Newly crowned and convinced he’s invincible, he flaunts his affair and in doing so, affronts the nation. Anthony Weigh’s new play gives Christopher Marlowe’s 14th century king a facelift, leaving the Elizabethan language behind, to meld the lust and politics of the 14th and 21st centuries.

"[EDWARD II] HAS AN ECSTATIC EROTICISM AND THE PLOT A NON-STOP VOLATILITY, A FATAL MOMENTUM"

— The Guardian

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Marco Chiappi as Mortimer, Julian Mineo as The Boy. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Johnny Carr as Ned, Paul Ashcroft as Piers, Belinda McClory as Sib. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". Johnny Carr as Ned. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Julian Mineo as The Boy, Paul Ashcroft as Piers, Johnny Carr as Ned, Marco Chiappi as Mortimer Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Marco Chiappi as Mortimer, Julian Mineo as The Boy. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Johnny Carr as Ned, Paul Ashcroft as Piers, Belinda McClory as Sib. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". Johnny Carr as Ned. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "Edward II". L-R: Julian Mineo as The Boy, Paul Ashcroft as Piers, Johnny Carr as Ned, Marco Chiappi as Mortimer Photographer: Pia Johnson