The Bull Theatre, Bishopsgate Street and John Welles: A Creative Nexus for Marlowe, Shakespeare and the Inspiration for The Massacre at Paris?
This paper examines the ‘topographical backdrop’ to the creation of The Massacre at Paris and potential intersections between Marlowe and Shakespeare c. 1589/93. The overall purpose is to question how Marlowe and Shakespeare might have been influenced by conversations with neighbours, acquaintances...
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| Language: | English |
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Sheffield Hallam University
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Marlowe Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/Marlstud/article/view/430 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the ‘topographical backdrop’ to the creation of The Massacre at Paris and potential intersections between Marlowe and Shakespeare c. 1589/93. The overall purpose is to question how Marlowe and Shakespeare might have been influenced by conversations with neighbours, acquaintances and fellow writers. This social interaction has been termed ‘chat’, a reference to the practical process but also its ephemeral nature. This study is, therefore, also partly about a John Welles, one of the many, mostly long forgotten, officials who kept the wheels of the Elizabethan state turning – one of those usually ‘who are perished as though they had never been born’. Except, unusually with Welles, it is possible to rescue this intriguing character from obscurity to reveal a Londoner, who for over a decade lived a few hundred yards from Marlowe and Shakespeare. That is, when he was not riding the roads of France. |
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| ISSN: | 2516-421X |