gdp's Comments

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Sunday

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:07:30 +0000

The big Hollywood buzz is the New York Times piece today ("Christopher Marlowe Stages a Comeback") where we learn that Johnny Depp might play Christopher Marlowe in a Marlowe-as-Shakespeare movie. The movie and the press that it will generate will send shockwaves through the Shakespeare world. Finally, Marlowe getting the attention he deserves! http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Wednesday

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:00:09 +0000

Good flick . . .but Jodie has cranked out some really bad cliches lately . . . The greatest story never told by Hollywood. Christopher Marlowe, genius playwright and shadowy spy, fakes his death to avoid being sent to the gallows. Accused of atheism and heresy, he goes underground, protected by his handlers in Queen Elizabeth's government. Soon after, works attributed to Shakespeare (who prior had no record as a writer!) begin appearing. Written by whom? Christopher Marlowe - the greatest Elizabethan playwright when he was "alive." Marlowe, with Shakespeare as the willing entrepeneurial frontman! http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com And from Emmy-winning filmmaker Mike Rubbo, this clip from his critically acclaimed PBS/Frontline documentary on the theory above, Much Ado About Something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Friday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:32:19 +0000

http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com/2008/12/o... Not that I could change your mind . . . :)

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:27:03 +0000

Read the Shakespeare bios. As Mark Twain writes, we only have two pages of facts on Shakespeare. So these bios about him are all speculation. Imagining that Shakespeare, for example, stayed up late reading Scottish history in preparing for Macbeth, for example.

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:25:28 +0000

Interesting. But the Marlowe clues in Shakespeare plays are overwhelming! And the similarities in styles! http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com/2008/12/m...

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Friday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:20:08 +0000

Marlowe was a commoner. A cobbler's son . . . btw. The facts work against Shakespeare. Defies logic. All explained at http://marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com And this YouTube clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Friday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:17:58 +0000

Marlowe, although a cobbler's son, was educated at Cambridge - got an MA (btw, they wanted to deny him an MA due to excessive absences, but Elizabeth's inner circle intervened, since Marlowe was part of Her Majesty's Secret Service). He was a very good Latin translator early on. Theology major. The guy was VERY bright. And he pioneered blank verse in the plays written under his (Marlowe's) name. This is also a major sticking point with me. The Shakespeare plays are largely written in blank verse! And he could crank out plays quickly. Look at how quickly he wrote the sequel to his smash hit Tamburlaine! DeVere's dates work against him . . . and whatever he wrote under his own name was marginal. What Marlowe wrote when he was "alive" was VERY successful and highly regarded. http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:10:59 +0000

doubtaboutwill.org Lot of good stuff there, too.

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:07:22 +0000

Mike Rubbo's doc. film Much Ado About Something, with a clip available on YouTube, really shows how interesting Marlowe's story is.

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:05:57 +0000

yep . . .his background showed SCANT evidence he was a writer. Names on plays mean nothing - he was a front, let's face it. Btw, most of the 36 plays never had his name on them, originally!

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:01:07 +0000

If we acknowledge next to the Bible that the Shakespeare works are the greatest works of the western world, then they had to be written by someone very special. Sorry, Shakespeare, when he died, left no evidence in his will that he cared about books or learning. The guy was a businessman, not a writer. And yes, the person who wrote the plays needed to have an intense knowledge of history, the classics, etc. Just look at the Henry plays. VERY complicated! Marlowe had that background, for sure. And Oxford/de Vere, whatever he published under his name, was quite marginal stuff. http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:57:47 +0000

Shakespeare, when he died, left no evidence that he was a writer. Nothing in his will. No books left behind. Got me thinking . . .

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:55:41 +0000

Actually . . . faked death? That's interesting. But I haven't encountered any hot chicks in this tale!

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Friday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:53:40 +0000

I read Mr. Sobran's book!!!! And I greatly respect Sobran. Can we agree it wasn't Shakespeare?? I like Pinksen's Marlowe's Ghost.

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Saturday

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:31:05 +0000

Dear Hollywood. The greatest story never told by Hollywood. Christopher Marlowe, genius playwright and shadowy spy, fakes his death to avoid being sent to the gallows. Falsely accused of atheism and heresy, he goes underground, protected by his handlers in Queen Elizabeth's government. Soon after, works attributed to Shakespeare (who prior had no record as a writer!) begin appearing. Written by whom? Christopher Marlowe - the greatest Elizabethan playwright when he was "alive." Marlowe, with Shakespeare as the willing entrepeneurial frontman! http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com And from Emmy-winning filmmaker Mike Rubbo, this clip from his critically acclaimed PBS/Frontline documentary - Much Ado About Something - on the theory above. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg

Big Hollywood : Open Thread Friday

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:42:41 +0000

Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare? Genius playwright, shadowy spy . . . . The greatest story never told by Hollywood. Christopher Marlowe, genius playwright and shadowy spy, fakes his death to avoid being sent to the gallows. Accused of atheism and heresy, he goes underground, protected by his handlers in Queen Elizabeth's government. Soon after, works attributed to Shakespeare (who prior had no record as a writer!) begin appearing. Written by whom? Christopher Marlowe - the greatest Elizabethan playwright when he was "alive." Marlowe, with Shakespeare as the willing entrepeneurial frontman! http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.blogspot.com And from Emmy-winning filmmaker Mike Rubbo, this clip from his critically acclaimed PBS/Frontline documentary on the theory above, Much Ado About Something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsJTbWF1-lg