Four centuries and 32 years after Christopher Marlowe’s death, the playwright is getting a West End resurrection alongside William Shakespeare - and Variety has an exclusive first look at the ...

“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.

Casting Breaking Baz: Ncuti Gatwa And Edward Bluemel To Star As Christopher Marlowe & William Shakespeare In West End Play That May Be Broadway Bound By Baz Bamigboye April 10, 2025 10:55pm 1 Comments ...

UPDATED: November 15, 2024 at 5:20 PM PST Hesse Phillips is the author of the debut novel, “Lightborne,” about the final days of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.