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After Edward
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I think its queer.
And its about to get queerer...
Edward II wanders on to the empty stage, bloodied and confused. He has no idea where he is, or how he got here, but he does have an ominous feeling that something is wrong. As that feeling grows, so too does the threat on the other side of the auditorium doors.
Edward finds himself locked inside the theatre with some rather anarchic fellow inmates: Gertrude Stein, Harvey Milk and Quentin Crisp. As they set about unravelling what has happened, only one thing is certain: everything is not as it seems...
A daring new play written specifically for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in response to Christopher Marlowes Edward II, After Edward welcomes us into a chaotic world of pride and shame, with moments of elation, outrageous humour and heart-breaking tenderness.
Oh, and Maggie Thatcher.
In a play that reminds us of the power of theatre to provoke recognition and reflection, this is Edward II as youve never seen him before.

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For Mum, Mo, Dad, Ann, Emma, James, Alice and Evie.

You are my backbone and my joy.

First published in 2019 by Oberon Books Ltd

521 Caledonian Road, London N7 9RH

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7607 3637 / Fax: +44 (0) 20 7607 3629

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www.oberonbooks.com

Tom Stuart is hereby identified as author of this play in accordance with section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The author has asserted his moral rights.

All rights whatsoever in this play are strictly reserved and application for performance etc. should be made before commencement of rehearsal to Knight Hall Agency Ltd, Lower Ground Floor, 7 Mallow Street, London, EC1Y 8RQ (Attn: Katie Langridge) ().

No performance may be given unless a licence has been obtained, and no alterations may be made in the title or the text of the play without the authors prior written consent.

You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or binding or by any means (print, electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

PB ISBN: 9781786827050

E ISBN: 9781786827067

Cover image: Premm Design

Printed and bound by 4EDGE Limited, Hockley, Essex, UK.

eBook conversion by Lapiz Digital Services, India.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to early readers and encouragers: Katie McGuiness, Jack Laskey, Ellen McDougall, Nick Bagnall and Caroline Steinbeiss.

For research I read a lot of books and spoke to some brilliant people, including Philippa Perry, Nick Kientsch, Stephen Daly and the wonderful Dr Will Tosh thank you.

This production has been blessed with an exceptional cast and team. Without their support, talent, friendship and dedication these words would be private thoughts inhabiting a silent page.

Thank you Brendan OHea for your patience, your wit, your heart.

And finally, thanks to Shakespeares Globeand to the tenacious, mighty Michelle Terry.

The Globe is an organisation so fuelled by love, kindness and care that its very structures defy their definitions it is less a building, more a mensch.

After Edward was first performed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London on 21 March 2019. Cast and creatives were as follows:

Cast
Annette Badland	GERTRUDE STEIN
Brian Bartle / Seyi Andes-Pelumi	ERROL
Richard Bremmer	ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY/LEATHER MAN
Richard Cant	QUENTIN CRISP
Polly Frame	HARVEY MILK
Jonathan Livingstone	EDWARD ALLEYN
Sanchia McCormack	MARGARET THATCHER
Colin Ryan	COWBOY
Tom Stuart	EDWARD
Beru Tessema	GAVESTON
Katie West	DOROTHY GALE/MARIA VON TRAPP

Creatives
Sarah Case	Voice
Glynn MacDonald	Globe Associate Movement
Laura Moody	Composer
George Nichols	Assistant Director
Brendan OHea	Director
Jan Haydn Rowles	Dialect Coach
Sin Williams	Choreographer
Jessica Worrall	Designer

A few notes.

The structure and decor of the theatre should remain as is.

All entrances should be fitted with doors. All doors should have the appearance of being able to open and close of their own accord.

The action takes place over one act, without an interval.

Blackout.

Choral singing.

A hatch in the ceiling opens.

An arm appears through it with a lit candle as though someone is trying to survey the space below.

The singing stops.

The candle goes out.

A figure, EDWARD , falls through the hatch.

He lands with a bang on the stage.

Beat.

EDWARD: Bugger.

Beat.

An Elizabethan bishop, CANTERBURY , enters with a lit candelabra.

We can now make out EDWARD lying crumpled on the floor. Hes dressed in period doublet and hose.

Both men speak with modern accents that jar with their outfits.

CANTERBURY has a casual demeanour, incongruous to the situation.

He looks down at EDWARD .

CANTERBURY: Alright?

EDWARD: Not really.

CANTERBURY: Rough landing?

EDWARD: Yes.

CANTERBURY: Did you bend your knees?

EDWARD: Did I ?

CANTERBURY: Bend your knees? On impact.

EDWARD: I dont think so.

CANTERBURY: Thats the advice, as I understand it. The official line. Always bend your knees.

He leaves EDWARD and begins lighting candles around the space.

If in doubt, bend them. Same goes for lifting. Its all about your lower back. You couldve hurt yourself.

EDWARD: I did hurt myself.

CANTERBURY: You came down with a wallop. A right bang. I thought hell feel that in the morning.

EDWARD wriggles and shifts uncomfortably on the floor.

(Casually.) Anything broken?

EDWARD: I dont know.

CANTERBURY: Probably winded. Do you feel winded?

EDWARD: Maybe.

CANTERBURY: Wouldve knocked it right out of you I should think. Quite the drop. What on earth were you thinking?

EDWARD: When?

CANTERBURY: When you fell.

EDWARD: I wasnt.

CANTERBURY: Wasnt what?

EDWARD: Thinking.

CANTERBURY: Well what possessed you to take such a leap?

EDWARD: It wasnt a choice. I dont know what

EDWARD manages to sit up, rubs his head, takes in his surroundings.

What is this?

CANTERBURY: What is what?

EDWARD: This.

CANTERBURY: (The candelabra.) This?

EDWARD: No this. (The space.) Where am I?

CANTERBURY: Here.

EDWARD: Yes but where is here?

CANTERBURY: Its here , isnt it Im sorry, I dont think Im following

EDWARD: Did something happen?

CANTERBURY: Yes, you fell. Weve covered that. Didnt bend your knees, remember?

EDWARD: Before that, before I fell

CANTERBURY chuckles to himself.

CANTERBURY: All sorts went on.

EDWARD looks at him expectantly. CANTERBURY is oblivious, focused on his candle duties.

EDWARD: You were saying?

CANTERBURY: Was I?

EDWARD: What happened

CANTERBURY: Terrible pickle.

EDWARD: Okay.

CANTERBURY: Positively grizzly it was in the end.

EDWARD: What was?

CANTERBURY: Listen, should you be sitting up? I imagine you must be smarting. Thats a hardwood floor that. Oak by the looks of it

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