1 00:00:01,010 --> 00:00:04,870 Marlowe was an upcoming playwright in the 1590s. 2 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:15,769 Unfortunately, Marlowe has had a short life and in September 1589, he was involved in a fight with innkeeper William Bradley. 3 00:00:17,010 --> 00:00:22,929 The playwright's friend Thomas Watson stepped in and killed Bradley in a duel. 4 00:00:23,809 --> 00:00:26,750 Both Marlowe and Watson ended up in prison. 5 00:00:26,750 --> 00:00:34,829 In 1593, anti-immigration notices featured lines from popular dramas, including Marlowe's 6 00:00:34,829 --> 00:00:39,289 Stumble Line the Great to distract people from seeing these shows. 7 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:45,210 Marlowe was accused by Arthur Thomas Kidd of being an atheist. 8 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:50,350 After all this, Marlowe still argued over a bill at a bar and began stabbing another 9 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:55,710 bar patron, who in self-defense turned the knife on Marlowe and killed him. 10 00:00:55,710 --> 00:01:01,850 he was only 29. At this time, Shakespeare was gaining a great deal of recognition for 11 00:01:01,850 --> 00:01:09,010 his poetry and had the patronage of an aristocrat, but he decided to return to the theatre by 12 00:01:09,010 --> 00:01:14,489 writing comedies, Love's Labour Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Comedy of 13 00:01:14,489 --> 00:01:15,549 Eros. 14 00:01:15,549 --> 00:01:21,730 Matlow had focused on ambition dramas including The Jew of Malta and The Tragical History 15 00:01:21,730 --> 00:01:23,290 of Dr Faustus. 16 00:01:23,290 --> 00:01:30,230 Marlow's death has left historians and literary scholars wondering what would have happened 17 00:01:30,230 --> 00:01:32,609 if he had lived. 18 00:01:32,609 --> 00:01:36,890 Some believe Marlow was assassinated by a rickshaw from the crown. 19 00:01:36,890 --> 00:01:41,969 Others think that Marlow's death was faked and that he is the real author of Shakespeare's 20 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:42,969 plays. 21 00:01:42,969 --> 00:01:49,250 The theory behind this is that Marlow faked his death, escaped and hid so he could continue 22 00:01:49,250 --> 00:01:57,239 to work under the patronage of Thomas Walshingham. 23 00:01:57,239 --> 00:02:01,739 During Shakespeare and Marlowe's time in London, the theatrical scene was very busy 24 00:02:01,739 --> 00:02:05,019 with intense demands on playwrights and actors. 25 00:02:05,019 --> 00:02:09,819 Shakespeare in Love, which was enjoying a regional premiere at the festival this summer, 26 00:02:09,819 --> 00:02:14,180 developed the possibility of collaboration between the two of them, which was common 27 00:02:14,180 --> 00:02:19,639 as playwrights struggled to stay at the level of those theatrical productions. 28 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:24,639 The play suggests a relationship between Shakespeare and Marlowe, as Marlowe mentors the new playwright 29 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:30,770 while he woos Viola and writes his masterpiece Romeo and Juliet. 30 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:35,969 Putting Shakespeare in love in this story of Marlowe true? 31 00:02:35,969 --> 00:02:40,469 Was Marlowe dead fake so he could continue to write the literary masterpiece we attribute 32 00:02:40,469 --> 00:02:42,129 to Shakespeare? 33 00:02:42,129 --> 00:02:49,110 Brisson indicates that the man behind this story, Calvin Hoffman, opened Thomas Washington's 34 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:53,110 Tom to uncover manuscripts and letters to prove his case. 35 00:02:53,110 --> 00:02:57,990 However, he did not find materials, but he still made this case in the murder of the 36 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:01,610 man who was Shakespeare. 37 00:03:01,610 --> 00:03:08,349 Whether or not the accusations are true, one thing is certain, whomever wrote Shakespeare 38 00:03:08,349 --> 00:03:09,430 worked. 39 00:03:09,430 --> 00:03:14,050 Whether it was the playwright or not, the elaborate words, plotlines and character continue 40 00:03:14,050 --> 00:03:18,270 to resonate with audience directors and actors worldwide. 41 00:03:18,270 --> 00:03:23,610 Both the compilation of plays from Shakespeare and Marlowe will always be integrated in our 42 00:03:23,610 --> 00:03:32,270 lives and our world as we continue to study, perform and experience them. 43 00:03:32,270 --> 00:03:38,310 Some people believe that 17 of Shakespeare's plays were co-written with other authors. 44 00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:45,370 An Oxford University Press research claims that Christopher Marlowe co-wrote Henry VI 45 00:03:45,370 --> 00:03:47,189 with William Shakespeare. 46 00:03:47,189 --> 00:03:52,669 In addition, the Oxford Publisher has announced that all ratios published from now on will 47 00:03:52,669 --> 00:03:57,849 have Marlowe's signature next to Shakespeare's, arguing that Marlowe's collaboration was 48 00:03:57,849 --> 00:04:02,810 important and evident enough to change the authorship of the work. 49 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:07,689 It begins to show that Shakespeare's collaborations with other writers were common. 50 00:04:07,689 --> 00:04:14,750 The research, carried out by 23 international experts, has identified that 17 of 44 Shakespeare 51 00:04:14,750 --> 00:04:21,189 plays were written in collaboration with other authors, more than previously believed. 52 00:04:21,189 --> 00:04:27,069 For this, experts have combined traditional textual analysis techniques with modern methods 53 00:04:27,069 --> 00:04:30,329 based on computer tools and new technologies. 54 00:04:30,329 --> 00:04:35,370 They have looked for the distinctive words or phrases that identified them. 55 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:39,750 There are parts that were clearly written by Shakespeare and others that clearly belonged 56 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:40,990 to Marlowe. 57 00:04:40,990 --> 00:04:44,389 The most famous passages were written by Shakespeare. 58 00:04:44,389 --> 00:04:49,069 The reason he collaborated with all these people is that when these works were being 59 00:04:49,069 --> 00:04:52,209 written Marlowe was the most famous dramatist.