Christopher Marlowe was as great a poet as Shakespeare. So why do we neglect him?
Marlowe was visionary, clever and had a humanity that could cut you to the quick. It’s time he stepped out from his contemporary’s shadow
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Marlowe was visionary, clever and had a humanity that could cut you to the quick. It’s time he stepped out from his contemporary’s shadow
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