Marlowe's Diaries by Roy Kendall

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Roy Kendall - Marlowe's Diaries BBC World Service: Play of the Week Broadcast: Sunday 30th May 1993 This week's play has been specially written by Roy Kendall to commemorate the life of one of England's finest poets and playwrights, Christopher Marlowe, who died in mysterious circumstances on this very day, four hundred years ago. Marlowe is best known for his great plays about Dr. Faustus and Tamburlaine the Great. While he lived, he overshadowed even Shakespeare. He's less well known for his heretical beliefs, his unorthodox lifestyle, and his spying activities. Today's play focuses on these more unfamiliar aspects of the man. "Marlowe's Diaries" begins in 1590, three years before his death, soon after Marlowe had been released from Newgate Prison for being involved in a three-way sword fight in which his friend, the poet Thomas Watson, had killed their adversary... With Anton Lesser [Christopher Marlowe], Jeremy Northam [William Shakespeare], Philip Voss [Robert Poley, an Agent Provocateur], Mark Payton [Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton], Geoffrey Beevers [Richard Baines, a Double Agent], Michael McCallion [Sir Robert Sydney, 1st Earl of Leicester], David Holt [Thomas, a Young Friend of Christopher's], and Pauline Yates [Katherine Marlowe, Christopher's Mother]. Other parts played by members of the cast. Directed by Gordon House Note: Slight tape break at 46:14 into recording. Size: 59,344 kb kbps: 95 kHz: 44 Time: 1 hr. 24 min. 27 sec. (Mono) Link to Selection: https://timespast.ning.com/group/docudramahistorybiography/forum/topics/marlowes-diaries-by-roy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------