“Don’t put your co-artistic director on the stage, Mrs Harvey,” as Noel Coward once (almost) sang.

RSC’s co-artistic director Daniel Evans returns to the stage in Daniel Raggett’s production, running until 5 April ...

Now, though, the 51-year-old has returned to the stage as an actor, starring as the title character in Edward II, Christopher Marlowe’s Renaissance drama about the 14th-century monarch ...

There has been much conjecture over the centuries as to the true nature of Edward II’s relationship with Piers Gaveston; were they friends, committed partners, or something in between?