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Bad boy Marlowe on a tear; Shakespeare rival's racy life put onstage as 2 of his plays are produced.(SHOW)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20071109
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

If Shakespeare were a rock idol, he'd be Paul McCartney - prolific, diligent, a family man and an astute businessman. His contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, would be one of those self-destructive enfants terribles like Jim Morrison or Ian Curtis. Pagan and pan-sexual, braying and bellicose, they lived life in dissolution and died young.

"Marlowe lived a far sexier life than Shakespeare," says Akiva Fox, literary associate at the Shakespeare Theatre. "Shakespeare had a much quieter and tidy life. He was a dorky ...

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