A review by gregoreads
Edward II by Christopher Marlowe

Dr Faustus remains my favourite of Kit Marlowe’s plays, but Edward II is a close second. For one, it’s explicitly gay—Edward’s biggest fault is his blind love for Gaveston. They make no secret of their feelings for each other, and Edward is cast sympathetically. It’s always clear that even if Edward makes bad decisions sometimes, he is the one who is meant to be king. Lots of beautiful lines throughout the play, as always, and lots of conniving and insulting and lying, as is characteristic of history plays. I recommend this above The Jew of Malta and Tamburlaine.