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The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.
15 Cast Members
Ian McKellen
King Edward
Timothy West
Young Mortimer
Diane Fletcher
Queen Isabella
James Laurenson
Piers Gaveston
Robert Eddison
Lightborn/Archbishop of Canterbury
Paul Hardwick
Earl of Warwick/ Sir John Maltravers
Trevor Martin
Earl of Lancaster/ Rice Ap Howell
Andrew Crawford
Old Spencer/ Third poor man
Bette Bourne
Edmund of Kent
David Calder
Young Spencer
Stephen Greif
Earl of Pembroke
Richard Morant
Earl of Leicester/ Levune
Michael Godfrey
Bishop of Coventry
Lucy Fleming
Niece to the King
Nigel Havers
Soldier/ Attendant
