The people we talked to

Bill Browning

Head of English at The Kings School, Canterbury.

Bill runs the English department at The Kings School. He is an officer in the Marlowe Society. He thinks Marlowe as Shakespeare is nonsense.

Jonathan Bate

He is King Alfred Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, and author of The Genius of Shakespeare (Picador).
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Mark Rylance

Artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

As well as being Artistic Director, Mark has had leading roles in many Globe productions. He also plays in feature films.
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John Michell

Author of the book, Who wrote Shakespeare? (Thames and Hudson). This is by far the best overview book on the Authorship question. Available in paperback.
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Colin Saxby

John Hunt

Canterbury bookseller.
John's bookshop Albion Books has one of the best supplies of books on Marlowe in the country. He also has some copies of Marlowe's portrait. John is an officer in the Marlowe Society.
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Sue Hunt

Sue is an actress and bookseller. A partner in Albion Books, Canterbury. She confesses that she has begun to have some doubts about the Bard. Not very big ones, but doubts all the same.

Calvin Hoffman

American writer who began the interest in Marlowe as possibly the hidden hand behind Shakespeare. His book, The Man who was Shakespeare, was first published in London by Max Parrish in 1995. Published also in the US by Grosset and Dunlap 1960.

Peter Farey

Retired Management development consultant, has an excellent web site on Marlowe.
Peter Farey has had an interest in Christopher Marlowe from his schooldays when, as a member of Marlowe house at Dulwich College.   Read more about Peter

John Baker

Marlowe Scholar, A Reverend doctor who lives south of Seattle. John is an independent scholar who has been interested in Marlowe for four decades.             
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Dolly Walker-Wraight

Marlowe scholar author of several books on Marlowe. Her best known books are; In Search of Christopher Marlowe and The story that the Sonnets Tell.           Read more about Dolly

Andy Gurr

Director of research, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Author of numerous publications on Shakespeare.

Stanley Wells

Stanley Wells is Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and general editor of the Oxford Shakespeare.
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Charles Nicholl

Author of The Reckoning. (Picador 1992).
Charles Nicholl has written many books on historical mysteries with the style that makes them as compelling to read as any contempoary whodunnit.          Read more about Charles

Callum Coates

Shakespearean actor.

Peter & Frieda Barker

Long time members and office holders of the Marlowe society.
"Frieda and I are retired school teachers who share a love of theatre, especially Shakespeare."
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Caroline Ovenden

Canterbury resident and long time officer in the Marlowe society. Dedicated to enhancing Marlowe's name.

Dr. Daniela Ferrari

Dr. Daniela Ferrari is the director of the state Archives of Mantua, Northern Italy. Mantua is of course the town to which Romeo fled in Romeo and Juliet. In the late 16th century, the noble Gonzaga family gave haven in Mantua to exiles on the run. Some people think Christopher Marlowe took refuge there.