Not Quite the Result You Were After.

"Edward II" turns out to be less engaging than you'd hoped. It's a good enough play, but a wimp of king doesn't really do it for the common man. They love heroes, they love to hate good villains, but incompetent leaders are not so hot.

The play does gain some attention. There's a few people in authority who don't look quite so kindly on writers who make subversive comparisons between today's government and the corruption and mismanagement of Edward II's rule. The censor can't actually find anything to cut, but you are now being watched.

The whole history theme seems to be a bit of a rocky path. Maybe it's time to explore some less subversive ideas.