Was Marlowe Shakespeare? Ros Barber interviewed.

http://rosbarber.com The idea that Christopher Marlowe faked his own death and fled to the continent, writing as "William Shakespeare" in exile, has never been the subject of serious academic research. Ros Barber, who recently completed the first PhD in the subject, is interviewed by former BBC World Service journalist Tim Grout-Smith as part of a media training course run for postgraduate researchers at the University of Sussex.
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[38Attila]

Ms Barber,

I do like your poems and I'm really happy to see you on film. Your view is very interesting, but it reminds me of a saying of a Hungarian writer, Frigyes Karinthy who about 80 years ago, discussing this Shakespeare issue with friends noticed: 'It seems that Shakespeare's works were written by another Shakespeare.'

Best Wishes,

Attila Bánovics, Hungary

[MarloweAsShakespeare]

@38Attila Yes, the sense that the works of Shakespeare were not written by the man generally attributed to them has been around for a long time (close to 200 years) and is the reason why people began to doubt his authorship in the first place. There is no other writer whose known biography seems such a mismatch with the works supposedly created by him.

[likebox2]

The evidence that Marlowe wrote Shakespeare is that he had a classical education that matches his translations of Ovid. It is important to recognize that the cannon Marlowe/Shakespeare were written by one person. That this person is not Shakespeare but Marlowe is less significant, but also pretty clearly true, considering that Shakespeare does not appear on the scene until his late twenties. This is not snobbery--- Marlowe was a commoner just like Shakespeare.

[axelfalk1]

@MSCblogspot that is because 'Marlowe' was written by Shakespeare; why is there no theatrical tradition concerning Marlowe? because he was never involved with the theatre - was a govt courier called Morley/Marley who succumbed to plague in the Netherlands in c. 1592 - cover story as writer concocted by Walsingham, plays written by Shakespeare who could write under his own name, freely, after Marlowe had been officially despatched. people like to disparage Shakespeare due to snobbery, that's all

[axelfalk1]

@desamator11 What evidence is there that Marlowe/Morley wrote Marlowe? No evidence really. Shakespeare wrote Marlowe as cover for Govt. courier who succumbed the plague in Netherlands 1592 - the whole tavern brawl is a familiar trope also - written as cover by Shakespeare - 3 'witnesses' obvious proto-types for Pistol, Bardolph and Nym. Slender Marlowe/Morley canon written by Shakespeare

[5qu4wk]

there is no shakespeare, otherwise there would be no 200 years of contention and mystery, just plain acceptance of the author shakespeare and the man shakespeare, but all we have is intrigue, even dating from the time of the plays themselves. "a moniment without a tomb." marlowe originated blank verse and continued, as 'shakespeare' (his cover identity, at the expense of another man's life), to do so, and in this forfeited his true fame. it's all in the plays, which are the thing, as 't were.

[ChaosButterfly8]

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Do Rosicrucians or Freemasons know who Shakespeare really is?

★ Could it be demon Asmodeus? ★

[Marlin0865]

Christopher Marlowe was My Way Great GrandFather . Which was my grandmother on my mother side.

[desamator11]

@amaxamon how 'bout this?my name is f. marlowe,christopher is related to me and my family.how would you like me to say your a 120% bullshit! now,all of you out there! stop talking nonsense about my family and family name,i don't appreciate it. YES!! I AM A MARLOWE!

[desamator11]

@axelfalk1 no. this is from a (marlowe).