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The EssayThe Death and Life of Christopher MarloweEpisodes

  1. Next Monday21:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Death in Deptford

    1/10Jerry Brotton explores the short and turbulent life of Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe.

  2. Tue 21 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Canterbury Tales

    2/10Jerry Brotton visits Canterbury, the town of Kit Marlowe’s birth.

  3. Wed 22 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Metamorphoses

    3/10Jerry Brotton visits Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where Kit Marlowe studied.

  4. Thu 23 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The Mighty Line

    4/10Jerry Brotton explores Tamburlaine and Kit Marlowe’s ‘mighty line’.

  5. Fri 24 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The Merchant of Malta

    5/10Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's dark inspiration for Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

  6. Mon 27 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Enter Ghost

    6/10Jerry Brotton reveals the enduring influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare.

  7. Tue 28 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    His Dark Arts

    7/10Jerry Brotton explores the dark side of Kit Marlowe's Dr Faustus.

  8. Wed 29 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Mad About the Boy

    8/10Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's taboo-breaking play Edward II.

  9. Thu 30 Apr 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    Becoming the Story

    9/10Jerry Brotton explores Kit Marlowe's last play The Massacre at Paris.

  10. Fri 1 May 202621:45
    BBC Radio 3

    The Reckoning

    10/10Jerry Brotton returns to Deptford to investigate the claims that Kit Marlowe was murdered.