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Christopher Marlowe was the star writer of the 1580s. The Elizabethans flocked to his plays. But Kitt’s life was shrouded in mystery. Was he a secret agent? A Catholic spy? A double agent for Queen Elizabeth’s government. There is evidence that he was heretical atheist. And he may have been England's first gay poet Hear how this ended with a murder mystery on May 30, 1593.
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Christopher Marlowe was the star writer of the 1580s. The Elizabethans flocked to his plays. But Kitt’s life was shrouded in mystery. Was he a secret agent? A Catholic spy? A double agent for Queen Elizabeth’s government. There is evidence that he was heretical atheist. And he may have been England's first gay poet Hear how this ended with a murder mystery on May 30, 1593.
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