How can one not be intrigued by the identity of the person who wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and the rest of the jaw-dropping catalogue currently attributed to Shakespeare? Check out this very interesting series about this very question, produced by PBS for its Frontline show. Me? I have to admit my gut tells me its Marlowe, and that he faked his death in order to escape social torment from his enemies. But really, my gut is all I have to go on. And my feeling that everything that is depicted in Shakespeare's plays is in some way bourne in the real life of the author, whomever it is. Along those lines, Marlowe appears to have lived the craziest life.
