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Kit Marlowe

by David Grimm
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Overview

Hungry for adventure and a way to make his mark, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe becomes a spy for a dark wing of the British government and seals his hero Sir Walter Raleigh's fate and his own. Set in the seedy underworld of Elizabethan England, this story of the meteoric rise and fall of Kit Marlowe—playwright, poet, spy and sexual outlaw—charts the ambitions of youth in a cold and unforgiving world.

Synopsis

Hungry for adventure and a way to make his mark, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe becomes a spy for a dark wing of the British government and seals his hero Sir Walter Raleigh's fate and his own. Set in the seedy underworld of Elizabethan England, this story of the meteoric rise and fall of Kit Marlowe playwright, poet, spy and sexual outlaw charts the ambitions of youth in a cold and unforgiving world.

NY Post

...written with dash and danger...This is a superb young play...

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Editorials

Journal News

A rip-roaring, moving drama by the gifted playwright David Grimm. KIT MARLOWE puts him on the map in a big way.

NY Post

...written with dash and danger...This is a superb young play...

Time Out

...fiendishly entertaining and wildly sensational...

Village Voice

...exciting and pleasurable...rich material...

Book Details

Published
September 1, 2001
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Pages
76
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780822218029

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