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Frontline: 'Much Ado About Something'
With Michael Rubbo
Filmmaker
Friday, Jan. 3, 2003;
CANCELLED
His name is synonymous with great literature. Author of timeless masterpieces like “Romeo and Juliet,” “Othello,” and “Hamlet,” William Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest writer who ever lived -- or was he? FRONTLINE's "Much Ado About Something," airing Thursday, Jan. 2, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), looks at the centuries-old controversy over whether the literary masterpieces long attributed to Shakespeare were actually written by his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe. Producer Michael Rubbo will be online Friday, Jan. 3, at 3 p.m. ET.
Born in the same year as Shakespeare, Marlowe was at the height of his literary career in 1593 when he was supposedly killed in an argument over a tavern bill. Marlowe’s death, however, has been clouded in mystery, with some “Marlovians” insisting the playwright lived to write another day -- but under the name of Shakespeare. The program looks inside this 16th century detective story in an attempt to unravel what some are calling the “biggest cover-up in literary history.”
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