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Playhouse: Gaveston

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What was the true nature of the execution of Edward II's favourite, Piers Gaveston ? Today there's another chance to hear Colin
Haydn Evans's play that draws on longstanding oral traditions to present a very different interpretation of events to that of written history.
Director Nigel Bryant

Contributors

Unknown:
Piers Gaveston
Director:
Nigel Bryant
Piers Gaveston:
Struan Rodger
Edward II:
David Robb
Queen Margaret:
Diana Quick
Isabella:
Moir Leslie
Lancaster:
Norman Rodway
Warwick:
Roger Hume
Archbishop Winchelsea:
Peter Jeffrey
Father Hugh:
Steve Hodson
Idonie de Leybourne:
Meg Wynn Owen
Idonie's mother:
Mary Wimbush
Alice:
Daphne Neville
Thomas Lott:
Gerry Hinks
Robin ofBarnesdale:
Peter Meakin
Assassin:
Andy Hockley
Source: Radio Times

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