The God-Haunted Atheist and the Posh Boy: Christopher Marlowe in Will and Upstart Crow

During the mid-2010s, there appeared a pair of television shows featuring William Shakespeare in the title role, with Christopher Marlowe as a central supporting figure: Craig Pearce’s TNT drama Will and Ben Elton’s BBC comedy Upstart Crow. Pearce’s depiction of Marlowe as a brilliant but tortured,...

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Main Author: Michael D Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Marlowe Studies
Online Access:https://journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/Marlstud/article/view/31