An examination of the possibility that Christopher Marlowe was not in fact killed in 1593, but that his death was faked: a survival which would have permitted him to play a major part in writing those works we know of as William Shakespeare's.

A DECEPTION
IN DEPTFORD

Christopher Marlowe's alleged death is investigated
by Peter Farey

And new evidence is presented, which shows: that Marlowe was very probably still alive two years after his supposed death in May 1593,
that his survival would have made possible a collaboration explaining the exceptional influence Marlowe is said to have had upon the works of Shakespeare,
that Marlowe probably played a major part in such a collaboration. CONTENTS: (click on PREFACE to start) PREFACE

1. THE KILLING OF MARLOWE - FACT OR FAKE?

2. MONSIEUR LE DOUX

3. WHY THE NAME 'LE DOUX'?

4. MARLOWE AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

5. SHAKESPEARE'S POEMS

6. THE PROMUS

7. THE DREAM AND MERRY WIVES

8. STYLOMETRICS AND PARALLELISMS

9. CONCLUSION

ADDENDA - OTHER IDENTITIES?

APPENDICES I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX

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