Marlovian theory
The Marlovian theory is an idea about who wrote Shakespeare's plays. The Marlovian theory says that Christopher Marlowe wrote most of those poems and plays.[1] The theory also says Marlowe did not die in Deptford on 30 May 1593. It says his death was faked. Like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe was an Elizabethan poet and playwright. They were both born in 1564.[2]
Marlovian theory began in the 1800s.[3] The idea is that the Church wanted to punish Marlowe for being an atheist, so Queen Elizabeth's government helped him fake his death, leave the country and continue writing plays by pretending those plays were Shakespeare's.[2]
One piece of the puzzle is that the play Lust's Dominion was attributed to Marlowe when it was published in 1657. The play borrows from a pamphlet published in 1599, about the death of King Philip II of Spain in 1598. Marlowe died in 1593. The attribution has been recognized as spurious (wrong) by critics and scholars for nearly two centuries.[4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Marlovian Theory". Oxford Reference. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Erin York. "123MARLOVIAN THEORY, VENUS AND ADONIS, AND THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP QUESTION" (PDF). pp. 123–132. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ↑ John Dugdale (October 28, 2016). "How close were Marlowe and Shakespeare?". Guardian. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Lust's Dominion". Wikipedia. 2021-01-23.