I doubt they were referencing this play, nor was Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army (They don’t like it up ’em!) Edward II’s death by insertion of a red hot poker in the anus is probably a myth, though it is one that dates back to just a few years after his death. Van Morrison had The Red Hot Pokers (from Wales) as his backing band for a couple of years. Earl of Kent (Polly Frame) slinking at the side.Įdward II is most famous for the king’s unpleasant death. L to R: Earl of Lancaster (Richard Cant), Edward II (Tom Stuart), Mortimer Junior (Jonathan Livingstone). The set’s fixed and the costumes are generally dull. Also, Wanamaker productions can end up looking very “samey” after you’ve seen a few. Then the RSC has put the full works into the Marlowe productions, and this is the Wanamaker with a small cast, and dare I say it, nowhere near the creativity of the RSC. I booked this because we’ve been working through the Royal Shakespeare Company Marlowe productions of the last few years with great enjoyment and I wanted to see another Marlowe. We have not booked any of the “Globe Ensemble” history plays in the 2019 season, the first time in years we’ve missed Globe Shakespeare productions, but in 2018 they went beyond silly. I must say if I’d known that three male earls were to be played by women, I wouldn’t have booked it at all. How I loathe these Globe cast and creative lists mixing up on-stage, back-stage and background. Sarah Homer- Contra Alto Clarinet / Recorder Sanchia McCormack- Earl of Warwick / Sir John of HainaultĬolin Ryan – Bishop of Coventry / Spenser Junior / Prince Edward (i.e. Polly Frame- Earl of Kent, Edward’s brother

Richard Cant- Earl of Lancaster / Earl of Leicester Richard Bremner – Archbishop of Canterbury / Spenser senior Wednesday 27th March 2019, 14.00, matineeĪnnette Badland – Mortimer Senior / Earl of Arundel / Abbot

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