In “Marlowe,” somebody quotes Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan poet and playwright. There’s also a reference to James Joyce on the subject of tea.

Producer Gary Kurtz, director Greg Hall and screenwriter Francis Hamit are teaming up for 'Christopher Marlowe,' a film about the 16th-century British playwright.

Christopher Marlowe (familiarly known as Kit), was, next to Shakespeare, the greatest poet and playwright of his day. He was born in February 1564 (two months before Shakespeare) and was killed in ...

“Lightborne” begins in the spring of 1593 when poet, playwright, and former spy Christopher Marlowe is arrested on charges of treason, heresy, and sodomy, all of which are punishable by death.