EP 213 - The Life and Death of Christopher Marlowe

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He wrote plays, he was a poet but was his secret life as a spy grounds for murder? Call The Archbishop!

We're off to the theatre to tell the tale of one of England's more famous dramatic artists.

Who WAS Christopher Marlowe? What did he spend his Buttery funds on? And who lies down playing backgammon?

The secret ingredient is....Canterbury!


Sources this week include: 

Kit Marlowe.org, The Marlowe Society, The Reckoning The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl, The RSC

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/01/books.humanities

https://crimereads.com/who-killed-christopher-marlowe/

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