Edward II at the RSC Swan Credit: Helen Murray This version – running fast, as if for dear life, with no interval – isn’t coy about Edward’s physical desire and emotional dependency.

RSC debutant Daniel Raggett directs with more functionality than flair, although much of the visual imagery brings to mind echoes of everything from Rembrandt to All Quiet on the Western Front. Leslie ...

Luckily no-one was seriously hurt, but the RSC has decided to cancel tonight’s performance of the Christopher Marlowe tragedy, which stars co-artistic director Daniel Evans in the title role, and is ...