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Christopher Marlowe was a famous English playwright who died in 1593 at about the same time as Shakespeare's first works came out. Some historians believe in the Marlovian theory, which suggests that Marlowe faked his death and began writing under the name William Shakespeare. However, most do not; Shakespeare was already writing before Marlowe's death and had a different style, and the coroner's records are quite clear that Marlowe died of a knife in the eye. Pretty hard to fake that.
Shakespeare (like most theatre people of the day) was a Marlowe fan, and made occasional references to his work.
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EzraMarlowe never refers to Shakespeare in any of his plays. Shakespeare refers to Marlowe once, when Phebe in As You Like It says:
Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might
'Who ever loved that loved not at first sight'
(the second line is a quotation from Marlowe's poem Hero and Leander).
Marlowe is the only contemporary writer Shakespeare directly mentions. The two men were the same age, and rival playwrights early in on Shakespeare's career. But Marlowe died young (probably murdered), leaving the way open for Shakespeare to become top dog.
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