Share
Clip description
Bookseller John Hunt speaks about novelist-poet Calvin Hoffman’s theory that Christopher Marlowe did not die in 1593 and was the author of Shakespeare’s works. Hunt’s wife’s responds with an intriguing comment about crying when reading Shakespeare but not when reading Marlowe. While Hunt and filmmaker Mike Rubbo are travelling by car, Hunt tells a surprised Rubbo about the biggest literary prize in the world – which will go to the person who can absolutely prove that Marlowe was the writer of Shakespeare’s works.
Curator’s notes
After eight hours of eating, drinking and talking in a tavern with three other men, Marlowe was reported to have been stabbed to death in 1593. Marlovians believe Marlowe’s death was faked and that he was smuggled out of England. He continued to write plays, but used Shakespeare’s name because he couldn’t reveal his identity.
