Year: 1956
Title of the play: Edward II
Author: Christopher Marlowe
Director: Eric Salmon
Others in the Cast: Graham Crowden, Charles Kay, Paul Curran, Jeremy Brett, John Stride, Leonard Pearce, Robert Lang, Geraldine McEwan.
Company/Event: Ludlow Festival
Theatre and location: Ludlow Castle
Other productions of the same play: 1968: the Bertolt Brecht version, Trans. William E. Smith and Ralph Manheim, directed by Frank Dunlop, National Theatre Company at Old Vic, London. This time, Peth played the role of Spencer, the King’s second lover.
Plot summary:
Peth’s role: Gaveston
Reviews:
Production details: The 1968 production
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Trivia: Jeremy Brett, my favourite Sherlock, played the king's brother, Edmund, Earl of Kent. Imagine Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey on the same stage! :-)
