Posted on May 18, 2021
Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe
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On May 18, 1593, playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe would die in a bar fight while out on bail. A short excerpt:
"Scholars believe an arrest warrant was issued on May 18, 1593 for Christopher Marlowe, after fellow writer Thomas Kyd accused Marlowe of heresy.
Playwright Thomas Kyd, whose Spanish Tragedie (also called Hieronomo) was influential in the development of the revenge tragedy, was arrested on May 15, 1593, and tortured on suspicion of treason. Told that heretical documents had been found in his room, Kyd wrote a letter saying the documents belonged to Christopher Marlowe, with whom he had shared rooms previously. An arrest warrant was issued, and Marlowe was arrested on May 20. He bailed out but was killed in a bar brawl May 30."
"Scholars believe an arrest warrant was issued on May 18, 1593 for Christopher Marlowe, after fellow writer Thomas Kyd accused Marlowe of heresy.
Playwright Thomas Kyd, whose Spanish Tragedie (also called Hieronomo) was influential in the development of the revenge tragedy, was arrested on May 15, 1593, and tortured on suspicion of treason. Told that heretical documents had been found in his room, Kyd wrote a letter saying the documents belonged to Christopher Marlowe, with whom he had shared rooms previously. An arrest warrant was issued, and Marlowe was arrested on May 20. He bailed out but was killed in a bar brawl May 30."
Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe
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Great Britain or should I say England; the same England who gave the world so much in how to gently treat the suffering, such as integrating as best they could back into civilian life shell shocked WW 1 veterans of trench warfare. This same England had such a sorted history of civil rights abuses, inflaming religious, cultural, and racial bigitry.
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