On March 2, 2022 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to espionage and Christopher “Kit” Marlowe.
EXPLORE Marlowe’s connection to Shakespeare
- Shakespeare and Marlowe: Attributing ‘Henry VI’ Authorship
- “A Great Reckoning”: a closer look at a fateful Final Jeopardy clue
READ plays by Marlowe and other early modern playwrights
- Dido, Queen of Carthage
- Doctor Faustus
- Edward II
- The Jew of Malta
- A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama
LEARN about early modern codes and ciphers
- Codes and Ciphers from the Renaissance to Today
- Decoding Early Modern Gossip
- Decoding the Renaissance: 500 Years of Codes and Ciphers
- 3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history.
DISCOVER other fictional accounts of Christopher Marlowe
- Excerpt: ‘A Fine Madness: A Christopher Marlowe Murder Mystery’ by Alan Judd
- A summer Shakespeare adventure: ‘Her Majesty’s Will’ by David Blixt
REVIST past book club selections about Elizabethan espiongae
- License to Quill by Jacopo della Quercia
- The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips
We would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of this program
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