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"You're the author of the greatest plays of all time. But nobody knows. And if it gets out, you're dead. On May 30, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official version. Now Christopher Marlowe reveals the truth: that his "death" was an elaborate ruse to avoid a conviction of heresy; that he was spirited across the English Channel to live on in lonely exile; that he continued to write...
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BBC/BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the greatest lyric sequence of English literature - and at the center of this masterpiece lies a mystery that has endured for centuries. What are the identities of the 'young man' and 'the dark lady' to whom all but two of the sonnets allude? This moving performance brings to life the gritty reality of Shakespeare's England, bits of the Bard's plays and poems,...
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