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Shakespeare's secret co-writer finally takes a bow … 430 years late by Dalya Alberge

Thomas Watson recognised by literary scholars as the Bard's forgotten 16th-century collaborator He was one of the most celebrated English playwrights of the 16th century, yet none of his plays survived, and today the name of Thomas Watson is virtually unknown. Now the writer, poet and pioneer of the English madrigal " who also saved the life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in a street brawl " is being seen in a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PM on April 5, 2020

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