ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Playwright Christopher Marlowe, 29, is killed in a brawl over a bar tab on this day. Marlowe, born two months before William Shakespeare, was the son of a Canterbury shoemaker.

Detailed explanation-2: -The death of Christopher Marlowe is one of the most enduring mysteries of literary history. Now a new twist to the tale has been uncovered by an author who claims to know why the playwright was murdered. Marlowe died at the age of 29 in a drunken tavern brawl.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marlowe was murdered at the behest of several members of the Privy Council who feared that he might reveal them to be atheists. The Queen ordered his assassination because of his subversive atheistic behaviour.

Detailed explanation-4: -On Wednesday 30th May Marlowe was said to have spent the day at Deptford with Poley, Frizer, and Skeres. The official Coroner’s Report reveals what was supposed to have happened, but at the time it was not public knowledge. Marlowe was rumoured to have been killed in a tavern brawl, and all else was speculation.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 30 May 1593, Marlowe had dinner with Ingram Frizer, another ‘secret’ government employee in a lodging place in Deptford. A fight broke out between the two men over the bill, and Marlowe was supposedly stabbed to death by Frizer.