The Collier Leaf

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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christopher marlowe, John Payne Collier, Marlowe Society, the Collier Leaf, The Massacre at Paris

It’s hard to read the Massacre at Paris without wondering a little at the slightly corner-cutting feel of it. It seems hastily done in its violence and gore, and there is the fact that it is considerably shorter than the average Marlowe play. So it has long be assumed that the Octavo edition we have must be the result of some actor’s imperfect memory.

And then there is the Collier Leaf. Continue reading →

More of Scadbury

14 Thursday Jan 2016

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excavations, Marlowe Society, ODAS, Scadbury Manor

ScadburyBook Remember when I said I hoped the will and funds could be found to preserve what remains of Thomas Walsingham’s Scadbury Manor in Kent?

Well, thanks to the Marlowe Society, who alerted me to the fact via Twitter, now I know that the effort is indeed being made. You can find about it here, on the site of the Orpington and District Archeological Society. Continue reading →