- It
- is
- the
- longest-running
- deception
- in
- the
- English
- language
- and
- the
- most
- successful.
- Four
- hundred
- years
- of
- duping
- the
- world.
A
- tale
- of
- deceit,
- corruption,
- love,
- passion.
- Of
- murder,
- fixing
- and
- bribery,
- centred
- on
- the
- writing
- of
- some
- of
- the
- greatest
- works
- known.
A
- tale
- of
- two
- remarkable
- men,
- the
- frenzied
- times
- they
- lived
- in,
- and
- the
- fixated
- people
- that
- surrounded
- them.
William
- Shakespeare.
Christopher
- Marlowe.
One
- is
- the
- real
- playwright.
The
- other
- is
- the
- stooge.
Which
- is
- which?
‘The
- Playmakers’
- is
- the
- novel
- that
- answers
- the
- question.
- An
- absorbing
- tale
- of
- conspiracy,
- manipulation,
- romance
- and
- murder
- when
- two
- young
- men
- from
- vastly
- different
- backgrounds
- are
- flung
- together
- by
- their
- passion
- for
- the
- written
- word.
Shakespeare,
- the
- savvy,
- street-wise
- actor
- and
- producer,
- and
- Marlowe,
- the
- educated
- brilliant
- writer.
- Each
- has
- his
- own
- dark
- secrets,
- aspirations
- and
- singular
- approach
- to
- life
- and
- love,
- but
- they
- are
- bonded
- forever
- when
- caught
- in
- a
- web
- of
- political
- intrigue,
- corruption
- and
- ultimately
- brutal
- murder.
To
- escape
- torture
- in
- Elizabethan
- chambers
- of
- horror
- and
- save
- their
- lives,
- they
- are
- reluctantly
- cast
- as
- the
- main
- players
- in
- the
- greatest
- theatrical
- performance
- ever,
- acting
- out
- an
- extraordinary
- literary
- deceit
- that
- has
- lasted
- to
- this day.
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