Edward II
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King Edward II's passionate love for the lowborn Piers Gaveston provokes his queen and her conspirators to destroy both men, reimagined through a radical queer lens.
Why watch: Real OutRage! protesters appear in the riot scenes. Peter Tatchell supervised them on set.
Cast
Steven Waddington as Edward II
Andrew Tiernan as Piers Gaveston
Tilda Swinton as Isabella
Nigel Terry as Roger Mortimer
John Lynch as Spencer
Dudley Sutton as Bishop of Winchester
Jerome Flynn as Kent
Jody Graber as Prince Edward
Annie Lennox as Singer
Kevin Collins as Lightbourn, the Gaoler
Tony Forsyth as Captive Policeman
Jill Balcon as Chorus of Nobility
Barbara New as Chorus of Nobility
Andrea Miller as Chorus of Nobility
Brian Mitchell as Chorus of Nobility
Crew
Derek Jarman — Director
Derek Jarman — Screenplay
Stephen McBride — Screenplay
Ken Butler — Screenplay
Takashi Asai — Executive Producer
Steve Clark-Hall — Producer
Simon Curtis — Executive Producer
Sarah Radclyffe — Executive Producer
Antony Root — Producer
Ian Wilson — Director of Photography
George Akers — Editor
Ricky Eyres — Art Direction
Sandy Powell — Costume Design
Simon Fisher-Turner — Original Music Composer
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