"The way to really develop as a writer is to make yourself a political outcast, so that you have to live in secret. This is how Marlowe developed into Shakespeare."
Letters of Ted Hughes, ed. Christopher Reid, Faber 2007, p.120
From MSC Contributor Ros Barber: The Marlowe Papers
Welcome to MSC: the Web's #1 Blog on Christopher Marlowe
We kicked off in May 2008. We're a blog dedicated to the brilliant Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. Yes, we believe he could have authored many of the Shakespeare works, and so we offer up hearty servings of delicious intrigue. Stay awhile and also enjoy our few non-literary diversions. Thanks for visiting, and we hope you come back again!
THE POWER OF US: KIT Marlowe Up, Earl of Oxford Down
"At the same time he [James Shapiro] notes the recent proliferation of websites dedicated to Christopher Marlowe and wonders whether Marlowe may not be destined to oust Oxford as the foremost rival claimant."
(Commentary Magazine, "Denying Shakespeare," March 2010)
"Meanwhile, the authorship debate shows no signs of fading away. Francis Bacon's star has waned, eclipsed long ago by the Earl of Oxford's. Now Christopher Marlowe's star is on the rise. 'It looks like there's a shelf life to every candidate' of about 75 or 80 years, Shapiro says. 'There's a lot more energy and enthusiasm behind Marlowe.'"
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, "A Shakespeare Scholar Takes on a 'Taboo' Subject," 28 March 2010) Sam RileyMarlowe
DIG THIS CONSPIRACY: Our Favorite Shakespeare Authorship Theory, En Breve
Christopher Marlowe - prodigy, successful playwright/poet, and pretty darn good spy for Queen Elizabeth - lands himself in the kind of hot water that may send him to the gallows. His powerful handlers in espionage, concerned about saving their talented agent, decide to fake his death and send him away. Marlowe, in hiding, continues to write plays and poems. William Shakespeare agrees to be the frontman for these works. Sam Riley Deptford Burgess
Click for a Salon.com piece on the Marlowe-Shakespeare conspiracy.
From Amazon: "Rodney Bolt’s book is not an attempt to prove that, rather than dying at 29 in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe staged his own death, fled to Europe, and went on to write the work attributed to Shakespeare. Instead, it takes that as the starting point for a playful and brilliantly written 'fake biography' of Marlowe, which turns out to be a life of the Bard as well." The Spectator praises: "A triumph...perfect." Click the pic to purchase! And click here for our interview with Rodney Bolt!
Click here for Daryl's interview with Writer's Digest. Daryl's Marlowe's Ghost: The Blacklisting of the Man Who Was Shakespeare is the Grand Prize winner of the 17th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards, sponsored by Writer's Digest. Sam Riley Marlowe Burgess
Nuestra teoría favorita de autoría sobre Shakespeare, en breve
El prodigio Christopher Marlowe, exitoso dramaturgo, poeta y un excelente espía para la reina Isabel I, murió aparentemente a los veintinueve años durante una pelea. Sin embargo, los documentos oficiales en torno a su muerte son extraordinariamente sospechosos, por lo que parece más que probable que las personas poderosas que manejaban su carrera como espía, decidieron proteger no solo a un agente valioso, sino tambien a un genial dramaturgo, involucrado en alimentar con sus obras de teatro la maquinaria de propaganda de la dinastía Tudor. Existen poderosas razones para pensar que la muerte de Marlowe fue una triquiñuela para salvarle de las acusaciones de herejia lanzadas contra él, que podian haberle enviado a la hoguera. Si esto fuera cierto, Marlowe hubiera continuado escribiendo obras de teatro y enviandolas desde algun lugar del Continente Europeo para su representación en Londres; para este plan se necesitaba una “tapadera.” Esa “tapadera” se llamó William Shakespeare.
Haga click aquí para leer un excelente artículo de Isabel Gortázar sobre el asunto la autoría, originalmente impreso en el periódico catalán La Vanguardia de Barcelona y ahora disponible en línea en la pagina web en el español radical.es de España.
La Nostra Preferita Teoria Shakesperiana sull’autore, In breve.
Christopher Marlowe, prodigioso drammaturgo/poeta di successo e notevole spia per la Regina Elizabetta, naviga in cattive acque, punibili con la condanna al rogo. I suoi superiori, nel campo dello spionaggio, allo scopo di salvaguardare il loro agente di valore, decidono di fingerlo morto e lo mandano via. Marlowe, dal suo nascondiglio, continua a scrivere drammi e poesie e William Shakespeare accetta di appropriarsene.
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Mike Rubbo, Emmy-winning writer/director of Much Ado About Something, on Blumenfeld's The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection & Pinksen's Marlowe's Ghost. Click the pic!
Buy This!
Wonder who wrote Shakespeare? Mike Rubbo's Much Ado About Something makes a compelling case that it was Marlowe. As seen on PBS Frontline and now on DVD. Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times praises: " . . . an inviting piece of film . . . Much Ado About Something is a film of ideas - well, notions, anyway - that are bound to stimulate discussion, an aspect long missing from documentary." Click the pic to purchase! (or rent it today on Netflix!) Click here for our print interview with Mike Rubbo, click here for our video interview. Click here for an 8-minute preview of the film. Click here for a Tampa Tribune feature about Mike Rubbo. Click here for a raving Salon.com review of the documentary.
Shapiro Errata
"Go to Westminster Abbey and look at Marlowe’s grave." (James Shapiro, Macleans.Ca, "In the Shakespeare Wars, James Shapiro Fights for the Bard," 6 April 2010)
It is common knowledge that Christopher Marlowe was never buried in Westminster Abbey.
Marlowe’s hurried burial, in an unmarked grave in Deptford, is pivotal to the Marlovian case. If Shapiro is so unfamiliar with such a salient point, perhaps he should refrain from commenting on the issue until he does a little more research.
"Shakespeare performed at court over 100 times probably in the course of his career, and was as close to the action as a White House reporter is today." (James Shapiro, WSJ.Com, "The Shakespeare Whodunit," 9 April 2010)
It is not known whether Shakespeare actually performed at court.
"To William Kempe, William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage, servaunts to the Lord Chamberleyne, upon the Councille's warrant dated at Whitehall XVth Marcij 1594, for two severall comedies or enterludes shewed by them before her majestie in Christmas tyme laste part viz St. Stephen's daye and Innocents daye..." (Public Record Office, Pipe Office, Declared Accounts No. 542, f. 207b).
There is no other reference that could even be construed as “Shakespeare performed at court." Perhaps “over 100 times” is an extrapolation too far?
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The Case Against Bacon & Oxford as Shakespeare Authors
"Read The Odyssey. Reciting hexameter verse for 10 minutes will slow your breathing and steady your heart rate, according to a study in the American Journal of Physiology." (from Best Life, October 2008)
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Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance and Shakespeare Authorship Coalition; Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare? Shakespeare-Oxford Society; Christopher Marlowe.org, James Shapiro Shakespeare Greville Sam Riley Marlowe Burgess Emmerich Anonymous
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