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1 day ago · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
Jun 25, 2024 · Works discussed include poems and plays by William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and others. Essays concentrate on specific plays including The Merchant of Venice and Dido Queen of Carthage, tracing interactions between myths, chronicles, the Bible and contemporary genres.
3 days ago · Sir Richard Marlowe (Ironmonger) Second of two terms. 1418: Sir William Sevenoke (Grocer) 1419: Sir Richard Whittington: Mercer: Fourth and final term. 1420: Sir William de Cambridge (Grocer) 1421: Sir Robert Chichele (Grocer) Second of two terms. 1422: Sir William Walderne: Mercer: Second of two terms. 1423: Sir William Cromer (Draper) Second ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Although his achievements have been generally overshadowed by his exact contemporary, William Shakespeare, many critics contend that had he not died young, Marlowe's reputation would certainly have rivaled that of the more famous playwright.
Jun 17, 2024 · Shakespeare in Love, American-British film, released in 1998, that was a lighthearted and clever imagining of how William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet came to be written and produced.
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2 days ago · The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured.
2 days ago · David Marlowe's arrival as the CIA's new deputy director of operations, putting him in charge of all undercover missions, indicates a shift in the agency's posture in the Middle East, where the US is redeploying troops. Marlowe's appointment is the first for new CIA boss William Burns (IO, 13/01/21).
