A Dead Man in Deptford

A Dead Man in Deptford is a book written later in Anthony Burgess's life. It depicts the life and character of a young Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is one of Englands greatest playwrights and credited for inventing free verse and teaching it to William Shakespeare.

Related Topics:
Anthony Burgess - Christopher Marlowe - Playwright - Free verse - William Shakespeare

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Starting in Marlowes childhood, Burgess builds this period novel with serious detail to Elizabethan England. Marlowe's life as a homosexual may have had difficult consequences but perhaps not so great as being a classical playwright and a spy for Queen Elizabeth. In A Dead Man in Deptford, Marlowe is portrayed as a secretive, solitary and eventually isolated person. Burgess explores Marlowes sexual addiction and passion for the theater through a life with dangerous friends and companions.

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