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The Reckoning
10/10 Jerry Brotton returns to Deptford to investigate the claims that Kit Marlowe was murdered.
Becoming the Story
9/10 Jerry Brotton explores Kit Marlowe's last play The Massacre at Paris.
Mad About the Boy
8/10 Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's taboo-breaking play Edward II.
His Dark Arts
7/10 Jerry Brotton explores the dark side of Kit Marlowe's Dr Faustus.
Enter Ghost
6/10 Jerry Brotton reveals the enduring influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare.
The Merchant of Malta
5/10 Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's dark inspiration for Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
The Mighty Line
4/10 Jerry Brotton explores Tamburlaine and Kit Marlowe’s ‘mighty line’.
Metamorphoses
3/10 Jerry Brotton visits Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where Kit Marlowe studied.
Canterbury Tales
2/10 Jerry Brotton visits Canterbury, the town of Kit Marlowe’s birth.
Death in Deptford
1/10 Jerry Brotton explores the short and turbulent life of Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe.
