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Marlowe's Doctor Faustus may have been co-written by forgotten dramatist by Dalya Alberge

Exclusive: Scholar names Henry Porter as likely co-author of 1604 play after linguistic clues in his surviving work Scholars have long suggested that Christopher Marlowe had a collaborator for the comic scenes of his classic play Doctor Faustus, although his name alone is on the 1604 published edition. Now a largely forgotten dramatist, Henry Porter, has emerged as the likely co-author, based on comparative linguisti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM on September 24, 2024

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