The Faggot King or The Troublesome Reign of Edward II

ensemble theatre · the school of night · Ages 17+ · United States of America

And now for something completely different.

June 04, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 19, 2017

Contact: Jen Albert
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THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT PROUDLY PRESENTS THE FAGGOT KING

or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second
at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival

Los Angeles, CA – The company and creative team behind last summer’s Punch and Judy get medieval on your ass as they return to Fringe with the earliest and bloodiest gay drama in the English canon … The Faggot King or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe.

The Warrior-King Edward Longshanks has died and his son has ascended to the English throne. Though the armies of Scotland and France menace his borders, the new-crowned Edward II remains oblivious, preoccupied with pining for his exiled lover Piers Gaveston. In ordering Gaveston’s retur

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