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The Marlowe Papers
2012 novel by Ros Barber From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Marlowe Papers is a novel by Ros Barber published in 2012. It won the Hoffman Prize in 2011,[1] the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2013[2] and was joint-winner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.[3]
The novel, written in blank verse,[4] is a story about the English 16th century poet Christopher Marlowe, contemporary of William Shakespeare. In this tale, Marlowe's murder in 1593 is a fake and he lives on to write the plays and poems ascribed to Shakespeare.[5]
The Desmond Elliott Prize judges called the book a "unique historical conspiracy story". According to Barber, she has encountered hostility because of the novel's Marlovian premise. She says, "It's a work of fiction. You can believe that Shakespeare of Stratford wrote the works and still enjoy it."[6]
The book was adapted as a play by Barber and Nicola Haydn, performed by Jamie Martin in 2016.[7]
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