Charles Lamb stated that the murder scene in this play "aroused pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern."
Charles Lamb stated that the murder scene in this play "aroused pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern." In the 25th scene of the play, its main character states that he has been unable to sleep for ten days due to one playing "continually upon a drum," and that his guards Maltrevers and Gurney have been tormenting him. In that scene of this play, the executioner Lightborn taunts the title character moments before killing him. Bertolt Brecht and Lion Feuchtwanger collaborated on an adaptation of this play, which opens with the title character's lover reading a letter stating "share the kingdom with thy dearest friend." After the Queen in this play rescinds an exile to Ireland, the Earls Lancaster and Warwick are executed by the title character, for killing his beloved Piers Gaveston. Isabella of France is imprisoned at the end of, for 10 points, what history play by Christopher Marlowe?
Charles Lamb stated that the murder scene in this play "aroused pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern."
Edward II [or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of  Edward the Second, King of England, with the Tragical Fall of Proud Mortimer]