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  1. Dramatis Personae
  2. Act I
  3. Act II
  4. Act III
  5. Act IV
  6. Act V
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Edward II

Christopher Marlowe

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Dramatis Personae

  • King Edward II

  • Prince Edward, his son, later Edward III

  • Earl of Kent, brother to King Edward II

  • Gaveston

  • Archbishop of Canterbury

  • Bishop of Coventry

  • Bishop of Winchester

  • Warwick

  • Lancaster

  • Pembroke

  • Arundel

  • Leicester

  • Berkeley

  • Mortimer the elder

  • Mortimer the younger, his nephew

  • Spenser the elder

  • Spenser the younger, his son

  • Baldock

  • Beaumont

  • Trussel

  • Gurney

  • Matrevis

  • Lightborn

  • Sir John of Hainault

  • Levune

  • Rice ap Howel

  • Abbot, Monks, Herald, Lords, Poor Men, James, Mower, Champion, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants

  • Queen Isabella, wife to King Edward II

  • Niece to King Edward II, daughter of the Duke of Gloucester

  • Ladies

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

More by Christopher Marlowe

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  • The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
    You get why people still quote it once Mephistopheles calmly admits he's in hell right now, standing there. The middle sags into slapstick with popes and horse traders, honestly, but Faustus watching his last hour tick away is worth the whole slim thing.

genres

  • Historical fiction

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Edward II by Christopher Marlowe. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

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