The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This month on Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb investigates four of history’s most notorious murders and brutal crimes.
In this first episode, she’s joined by Charles Nicholl to dig deeper into the mystery of the 1593 murder of the brilliant and controversial playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was stabbed to death in a house in Deptford. The official account stated it was a violent quarrel over the bill.
But as Charles Nicholl explains, critical evidence about that fatal day points to Marlowe's shadowy political and intelligence dealings.
This episode was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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