What is Marlovian theory?
The '''Marlovian theory''' says that [[Christopher Marlowe]] wrote most of [[Shakespeare authorship question|William Shakespeare’s poems and plays]].<ref name=Ox>{{cite web|publisher=Oxford Reference|access-date=February 2, 2021|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100135517|title=Marlovian Theory}}</ref> The theory also says Marlowe did not die in [[Deptford]] on 30 May 1593. It says his death was faked. Like [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], Christopher Marlowe was an [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]]. They were both born in 1564.<ref name=UM>{{cite web|url=https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/44911/YorkMarTheVen.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|access-date=February 2, 2021|author=Erin York|title=123MARLOVIAN THEORY, VENUS AND ADONIS, AND THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP QUESTION|pages= 123–132}}</ref> Marlovian theory began in the 1800s.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|title=How close were Marlowe and Shakespeare?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/28/brush-up-marlowe|access-date=February 2, 2021|date=October 28, 2016|author=John Dugdale|publisher=Guardian}}</ref> The idea is that the [[Church of England]] wanted to punish Marlowe for being an [[atheist]], so [[Elizabeth I|<u>Queen</u> Elizabeth's government]] helped him fake his death, leave the country and continue writing plays under Shakespeare's name.<ref name=UM /> The play ''Lust's Dominion'' was attributed to Marlowe when it was published in 1657. The play borrows from a 1599 [[pamphlet]] about the death of King [[Philip II of Spain]] in 1598. Marlowe died in 1593. The attribution has been recognized as spurious (wrong) by critics and [[Academia|scholars]] for nearly two centuries.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2021-01-23|title=Lust's Dominion|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lust%27s_Dominion&oldid=1002247926|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Theater]] [[Category:William Shakespeare]] [[Category:Controver