DAVID EDGAR WALTHER IMPRESSIONIST: PASSIONATE DARK; DEEP NIGHT DREAMS
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Edward II: 

​Tableau I:  Pastoral 


1.  LOVE LETTER:   Edward II writes to
​Gaveston to ask him to return to England
​to share his kingdom and his love.   
2.  ISABELLA's TEARS:   Queen Isabella intercepts her husband's letter
​to his lover, Gaveston. 
3.  LOVE'S REPLAY:   Gaveston
reads Edward's letter and decides
to join him in England.  
4.  LOVE'S RETURN:   Edward
welcomes Gaveston, home to England.   
 5.  ARABESQUE:   Edward 
and Gaveston relax & enjoy a troupe
​of travelling dancers and musicians.
  
6.   CREATION:  Edward makes
​Gaveston an Earl, and gives him lands
and other honors, gifts and titles.
  
7.   HEART:  the passion of the two lovers gets red hot, as Edward & Gaveston
​express their love for one another.


8.   LOVE'S DART: Edward
and Gaveston consummate
​their love.  
Note:  All of the texts are from Marlowe's play "Edward II"
except for 1. "Love Letter" which is a separate poem entitled
"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and 8. "Love's Dart"
​which is Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Elegia II.  
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