Arebel playwright; The turbulent life of Christopher Marlowe.(BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: February 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Vincent D. Balitas, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

On Feb. 26, 1564, in the cathedral town of Canterbury, Christopher Marlowe was born to John Marlowe, a lowly shoemaker, and his wife Katherine. The world he entered, the one David Riggs' bio-

graphy vividly evokes, was a chaotic place. A rigid class structure ensured that individual rights were almost non-existent unless, of course, one was part of the entrenched aristocracy, though even the nobles, especially those still covertly Catholic, had to navigate changing political and religious winds.

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