The Essay Episodes Available now
Becoming the Story—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
9/10 Jerry Brotton explores Kit Marlowe's last play The Massacre at Paris.
Mad About the Boy—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
8/10 Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's taboo-breaking play Edward II.
His Dark Arts—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
7/10 Jerry Brotton explores the dark side of Kit Marlowe's Dr Faustus.
Enter Ghost—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
6/10 Jerry Brotton reveals the enduring influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare.
The Merchant of Malta—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
5/10 Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's dark inspiration for Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
The Mighty Line—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
4/10 Jerry Brotton explores Tamburlaine and Kit Marlowe’s ‘mighty line’.
Metamorphoses—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
3/10 Jerry Brotton visits Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where Kit Marlowe studied.
Canterbury Tales—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
2/10 Jerry Brotton visits Canterbury, the town of Kit Marlowe’s birth.
Death in Deptford—The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
1/10 Jerry Brotton explores the short and turbulent life of Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe.
Episode 5—The Lives of Hildegard of Bingen
5/5 Now 80, Hildegard of Bingen has one last battle. Performed by Juliet Stevenson.
