TY - ADVS AU - Robertson,Tony AU - McKellan,Ian AU - Marquand,Richard AU - Marlowe,Christopher TI - Edward II SN - 883929069583 AV - Media cabinet : EDWA PY - 2009/// PB - BBC KW - Edward, II N1 - Originally recorded in 1969, broadcast in 1970; Credits: screenplay by Derek Jarman, Stephen McBride & Ken Butler ; based on the play by Christopher Marlowe ; directed by Derek Jarman; Starring Ian McKellan, James Laurenson, Diane Fletcher, paul Hardwick, Timothy West N2 - Ian McKellan's breakthrough performance as Edward II from the 1969 Edinburgh Festival. The BBC broadcast of this critically lauded production caused a sensation with its uncompromising portrayal of Edward's sexuality, including the first kiss between two men on British television. ER -