Focus / Culture - 11 hours ago

Edward II review – intrigue bows to spectacle in RSC’s tragic game of thrones

Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonDaniel Raggett’s hit-and-miss Marlowe production has wonderful moments but errs on the side of excess in its staging of the king’s doomed love affairEdward II’s love for Piers Gaveston is not what loses him his throne...