Marlowe's Ghost
"Did Christopher Marlowe write Shakespeare's plays?"
© DARYL PINKSEN 2009
"Bronze Medallist, Best Regional Non-fiction, Canada (East)" —2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards
"A worthy take on the fascinating debate over Shakespeare’s true identity." —Kirkus Discoveries Review
"Marlowe’s Ghost is not the first to make these claims, but it makes a strong case." —Foreword, Clarion Review
"[Pinksen's] arguments are precise, thorough, and compelling." —Anthony Flacco, author of USA Book News "Best Books Award Winner" The Road Out of Hell.
"A fascinating blend of solid writing and meticulously constructed arguments." —Zach Petit, Managing Editor, Writer's Digest
"Pinksen's book is a dangerous dose of delight." —Mike Rubbo, Director, Much Ado About Something (2002)
"A highly readable story, full of interesting unusual insights." —Roger Hards, Editor, The Marlowe Society Newsletter
Soon, plays attributed to William Shakespeare began to appear on the London stage, plays so undeniably similar to Marlowe's that noted scholars have since declared that Shakespeare wrote as if he had been Marlowe's apprentice.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2009
Local Author wins international award
By Ashley Fitzpatrick
St. John's-based author Daryl Pinksen has been named the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards.
(Read the full story here. . . )
Who really wrote some of Shakespeare's plays?
A local author has won an international award for his book on that topic... and he dropped by the studio to talk about it. (Jeff Gilhooly with Daryl Pinksen)
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2010
In Plain Sight: What the Witness Protection Program can tell us about Shakespeare
By DARYL PINKSEN
In Marlowe’s last known conversation with Thomas Kyd — the playwright lately tagged as a collaborator with Shakespeare on the anonymous Edward III — Marlowe made it clear that he ntended to flee England for Scotland, and urged Kyd to do the same.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
Was Robert Greene’s “upstart Crow” the actor Edward Alleyn?
By DARYL PINKSEN
“The first mention of William Shakespeare as a writer occurred in 1592 when Robert Greene singled him out as an actor-turned-playwright who had grown too big for his britches.”
Such is the claim made by all Shakespeare biographers. However, a closer look at the evidence reveals what appears to be an unfortunate case of mistaken identity.
(Read the full article here . . .)
Who Wrote Venus and Adonis, and Why?
By DARYL PINKSEN
There has always been some mystery surrounding the writing of Venus and Adonis. Why was it written? What was the poet's connection to the Earl of Southampton? Did Shakespeare really write it?
(Read the full article here . . . )
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009
Philip Yordan: A Modern-Day Shakespeare?
By DARYL PINKSEN
In Marlowe’s Ghost, I argue that Shakespeare, as a shareholder in the theatre company that performed the plays attributed to him, used his position to act as a front for Christopher Marlowe, a writer I speculate had fled from prosecution and was in hiding.
(Read the full article here . . . )
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© DARYL PINKSEN 2009
