![]() ![]() Edward’s rivals are not done scheming, however. ![]() Under pressure from Lancaster and Mortimer, Edward agrees to exile Gaveston, but shortly calls him back to the palace. Their unstoppable attraction to each other, made palpable in a sinuous carnal ballet near the start of the play, betokens a consolidation of power that is given literal form when Edward invites Gaveston to take a seat on the royal throne. Among other things, the performance by this consistently charismatic actor puts an emphatic exclamation point on the beginning of Parent’s tenure as co-acting artistic director (with Paula Plum) of Actors’ Shakespeare Project.Įdward is ultimately undone by his passion for his lover Piers Gaveston, portrayed with seductive insinuation by Eddie Shields (SpeakEasy Stage Company’s “Casa Valentina’’). When the consequences start to unfold for everyone onstage, Parent’s portrayal of the titular monarch reaches a level of transfixing intensity. ![]() ![]() For this Actors’ Shakespeare Project staging of Marlowe’s 16th-century drama in Charlestown Working Theater, Gammons has streamlined the play to focus on the mortal stakes surrounding the gay relationship at its center.Īt first, the story feels both thin and repetitive, but the tension steadily builds as forbidden sexuality collides with power politics. ![]()
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