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History Play: The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe | Rodney Bolt
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Elaborates on the theory that celebrated English playwright Christopher Marlowe staged his own death and subsequently became known as William Shakespeare, in a speculative biography that describes Elizabethan political intrigue.
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Speculative nonfiction (is that a thing??) is the only way I can think of to catagorize this book. That and "all kinds of fun!" Instead of the author trying to convince us that Christopher Marlow really wrote the works attributed to Shakespeare, he assumes that as a fact from the beginning and walks us through Kit's life, including after a faked death, to show how his education and experience informed "his" writings. I was fascinated! The true ⬇️

bookandbedandtea ⬆️ authorship of these works will never be definitely proven but I thoroughly enjoyed this 'what if' and intend to check into the arguments for some of the other contenders. 3y
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Mark Twain and Henry James and some other notable writers agree that Shakespeare did not write all of the plays attributed to him. We know that at least 10 plays that are attributed to him were written collaboratively. Thus, it is not ridiculous to think that other plays that were attributed to him were written by one Kit Marlowe, except that he was presumed dead. Interesting ideas. https://www.facebook.com/1082882538/posts/10222132554637856/