{"product_id":"edward-ii-9780802151476","title":"Edward II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdward II\u003c\/em\u003e is, in a sense, Bertolt Brecht's only tragedy. Based on Christopher Marlowe's classic of the same name, it departs from its source as widely as \u003cem\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/em\u003e departs from Gay's \u003cem\u003eBeggar's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e. Brecht has made a multitude of technical changes calculated to streamline the play, with a smaller cast and simpler action, and he has created virtually new and totally compelling characters with his extravagant variations on Anne, Edward's queen, and Mortimer, the villain of the piece. Brecht also reinterprets Marlowe's famously homosexual protagonist, creating an Edward initially more crudely homoerotic and ultimately more truly heroic. Brecht's Edward is a hero for the modern era: an existential hero defying a meaningless universe with his courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802151476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.92h x 4.36w x 0.39d","brand":"Bertolt Brecht, Brecht, Christopher Marlowe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576646824117,"sku":"9780802151476","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/edward-ii-9780802151476","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}