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‘I’ve got my own theory’: Val McDermid play investigates death of Christopher Marlowe


Crime writer says her conclusion into the circumstances of the 16th-century playwright’s killing ‘will surprise people’

It has all the makings of a classic Val McDermid mystery: a sudden death, a cast of shadowy figures and a tangle of motives buried beneath layers of official secrecy.

But this time, the queen of crime is not inventing a murder, she is revisiting one of history’s most enduring whodunnits – the mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/val-mcdermid-play-death-christopher-marlowe

Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Publish date : 2025-07-31 10:57:00

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