by Jinny Webber | Mar 16, 2020 | Actors in plague time, Christopher Marlowe, Gender fluidity, Sex and Gender in Shakespeare's England |
Christopher Marlowe Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night Romeo and Juliet Chapter XIX Midsummer 1592 We rolled into Audley Inn late on the long June evening before my birthday. Bird songs rose amidst the fragrance of cut grass and summer roses on air so...
by Jinny Webber | Mar 16, 2020 | Actors in plague time, Christopher Marlowe, Gender fluidity |
Fetid grey hung over the city on the June morning of our departure. Our farewells to Pope and the household fit the haste and pain of the times: quick embraces and prayers for safe return. Satchels on our shoulders and Jack’s precious lute in hand, we hurried to meet...
by Jinny Webber | Mar 15, 2020 | Actors in plague time, Christopher Marlowe, Gender fluidity |
Adapted from The Secret Player, ©Jinny Webber, Revised edition From Chapter XVIII, Spring 1592 Adieu, farewell, earth’s bliss; This world uncertain is. “In Plague Time,” Thomas Nashe Two men in black hats appeared at the entrance to The Theatre tiring...
