What is Edward II (play)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox play | name = Edward II | image = Edward2a.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Title page of a 1594 edition | writer = [[Christopher Marlowe]] | chorus = | characters = King Edward II<br />Queen Isabella<br />Piers Gaveston<br />Mortimer | mute = | setting = England | premiere = 1580s | place = [[London, England]] | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = [[Regicide]]<br />[[Homosexuality]] | genre = History play | web = | playbill = | ibdb_id = | iobdb_id = | theatricalia_id = }} '''''The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer''''' is a [[play (theatre)|play]] by [[Christopher Marlowe]]. It is a [[history play]]. It was probably written no earlier than 1590. Marlowe's source was probably ''[[Holinshed's Chronicles]]''. The play is about King Edward II's downfall and his [[homosexual]] passion for [[Piers Gaveston]].<ref>Marlowe, Christopher. (Richard H. Horne, ed.) ''The works of Christopher Marlowe, Volume 1''. pp. xliii-xlvi.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Plays by Christopher Marlowe]] [[Category:Plays based on English history]] [[Category:1590s plays]] {{lit-stub}}