Edward III of England is the central character in the play "Edward III", sometimes attributed to William Shakespeare, he also appears as a boy in "Edward II" by who, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era?
Cultural depictions of Edward III of England Edward III of England is the central character in the play "Edward III", sometimes attributed to William Shakespeare. He also appears as a boy in "Edward II" by Christopher Marlowe. Edward is also the protagonist of William Blake's early drama "Edward the Third", part of his "Poetical Sketches", published in 1783. George Bernard Shaw portrayed Edward for dramatic purposes as, in Shaw's preface to "The Six of Calais", "behaving himself like an unrestrained human being in a very trying situation".
Cymbeline Cymbeline , also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify "Cymbeline" as a romance or even a comedy. Like "Othello" and "The Winter's Tale", it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While the precise date of composition remains unknown, the play was certainly produced as early as 1611.