It was hinted at by medieval chroniclers, and has been alleged by modern historians, that the relationship between Gaveston and Edward was homosexual. The "Annales Paulini" claims that Edward loved Gaveston "beyond measure", while the "Lanercost Chronicle" says the intimacy between them was "undue". The "Chronicle of Melsa" states that Edward "particularly delighted in the vice of sodomy", without making special reference to Gaveston. The portrayal of Gaveston as homosexual continued in fictional portrayals, such as Christopher Marlowe's play "Edward II" from the early 1590s, and the 1924 adaptation of that work by Bertolt Brecht and Lion Feuchtwanger.