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Happy 450th birthday to William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe by Andrew Dickson

If Shakespeare, not Marlowe, had been fatally stabbed as a young man would we even remember him? As the 450th birthdays of both playwrights approach, Andrew Dickson makes the case for the rival writerIf you happened to be in Canterbury on 26 February, you might have glimpsed a peculiar sight: a small flock of people holding a silent vigil around the town's memorial to Christopher Marlowe. It was 4…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10AM on October 24, 2016

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