My published essay, "'And thereby hangs a tail/tale': the Memoirs of an Arse Poetica" may interest Marlovians. It's available on disk at http: www.castlepublishing.net. or from me, Darby MItchell, at castlepublishing2...@yahoo.com.
The theory is based on my discovery of a diary by a Richard Boyle, THE LISMORE PAPERS. This strange diary is written in verbal circles. In it the narrator arrives in Ireland for the first time -- twice in Ireland twice. The first arrival is probably the true date for the arrival of the real Richard Boyle; the second arrival occurs two weeks after the supposed death of Marlowe at Deptford. Thus there seem to be two Richard Boyles.
The first Boyle was born two years lag of Marlowe and three miles from Canterbury, Marlowe's birthplace. They both attended King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By references in the diary, these two people looked enough alike and sounded enough alike that Richard Boyle 2, conjecturally Marlowe, was at first refused seating on the Council of Munster, presumably because of Richard Boyle 1's former terrible reputation in that vicinity.
There are many tie-ins between Marlowe (Boyle 2) and Sir Walter Raleigh that support a argument for Marlowe as at least half of the author Shakespeare: Boyle 2 buys all of Raleigh's land in Ireland; Raleigh, with the entire English fleet, makes an extended visit to Boyle 2 during Raleigh's 2nd voyage to Guiana, at which time Boyle 2 outfits Raleigh's ships; Raleigh again visits Boyle 2 on Raleigh's return from Guiana, when Raleigh is going home to die. There are also many incidental references to Raleigh and to Raleigh's servants in the diary. Boyle 2 serves under Sir George Carew, Raleigh's cousin, during the English-Irish-Spanish war in Ireland, and characters in the Shakespeare plays are present as soldiers in this war. Carew, Raleigh's cousin, arranges the marriage of Boyle 2 to the only daughter of Sir George and Lady Alice Fenton, and names belonging to this family make up the characters in Shakespeare's MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Boyle 2 is knighted by Sir George Carew just before Boyle's marriage to Katherine Fenton. The subsequent names of the many Boyle children are listed as child characters in the Shakespeare plays. Another Shakespeare character mentioned by his real name in Boyle's diary is, for Shylock, the Jewish money lender of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Paul Sherlocke, a Jewish money lender from Waterford. The model for Falstaff is present in the person Sir John Dowdall, a profligate but very loyal acquaintance of Boyle 2. Another book presumably by Marlowe-Boyle 2 is PACATA HIBERNIA, in which there are many more details that support a theory of Marlowe's banishment instead of death. If this is by Marlowe, it is the only self-reflective consciousness we have of the writer Shakespeare, and, as such, is fascinating. A third book by Boyle 2 is a short apology for his sudden, incredible rise to economic and political power. In both the diary and the brief biography, the date of Boyle 2's arrival in Ireland is midsummer's day -- which was a notable day in the writer's life, as we see in the play that may have arisen from that experience. Reading these works is like reading Shakespeare in stereo -- here is an entire roll of the real characters, the real events, written by someone who almost has to be the real author of the works of Shakespeare, but who lived and was persecuted as Richard Boyle 1 -- a felon.
What a movie this would be!
I look forward to reading your comments.
--Darby Mitchell M.A. in English, Wayne State University Ph.d. work, WSU, in the comparative imagery of Marlowe and Shakespeare.
> My published essay, "'And thereby hangs a tail/tale': the > Memoirs of an Arse Poetica" may interest Marlovians. It's available > on disk at http:www.castlepublishing.net. or from me, Darby MItchell, > at castlepublishing2...@yahoo.com.
> The theory is based on my discovery of a diary by a Richard > Boyle, THE LISMORE PAPERS. This strange diary is written in verbal > circles. In it the narrator arrives in Ireland for the first time -- > twice in Ireland twice. The first arrival is probably the true date > for the arrival of the real Richard Boyle; the second arrival occurs > two weeks after the supposed death of Marlowe at Deptford. Thus there > seem to be two Richard Boyles.
> The first Boyle was born two years lag of Marlowe and three > miles from Canterbury, Marlowe's birthplace. They both attended > King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By > references in the diary, these two people looked enough alike and > sounded enough alike that Richard Boyle 2, conjecturally Marlowe, was > at first refused seating on the Council of Munster, presumably because > of Richard Boyle 1's former terrible reputation in that vicinity.
> There are many tie-ins between Marlowe (Boyle 2) and Sir Walter > Raleigh that support a argument for Marlowe as at least half of the > author Shakespeare: Boyle 2 buys all of Raleigh's land in Ireland; > Raleigh, with the entire English fleet, makes an extended visit to > Boyle 2 during Raleigh's 2nd voyage to Guiana, at which time Boyle 2 > outfits Raleigh's ships; Raleigh again visits Boyle 2 on Raleigh's > return from Guiana, when Raleigh is going home to die. There are also > many incidental references to Raleigh and to Raleigh's servants in the > diary. Boyle 2 serves under Sir George Carew, Raleigh's cousin, during > the English-Irish-Spanish war in Ireland, and characters in the > Shakespeare plays are present as soldiers in this war. Carew, > Raleigh's cousin, arranges the marriage of Boyle 2 to the only > daughter of Sir George and Lady Alice Fenton, and names belonging to > this family make up the characters in Shakespeare's MERRY WIVES OF > WINDSOR. Boyle 2 is knighted by Sir George Carew just before Boyle's > marriage to Katherine Fenton. The subsequent names of the many Boyle > children are listed as child characters in the Shakespeare plays. > Another Shakespeare character mentioned by his real name in > Boyle's diary is, for Shylock, the Jewish money lender of THE MERCHANT > OF VENICE, Paul Sherlocke, a Jewish money lender from Waterford. The > model for Falstaff is present in the person Sir John Dowdall, a > profligate but very loyal acquaintance of Boyle 2. > Another book presumably by Marlowe-Boyle 2 is PACATA > HIBERNIA, in which there are many more details that support a theory > of Marlowe's banishment instead of death. If this is by Marlowe, it > is the only self-reflective consciousness we have of the writer > Shakespeare, and, as such, is fascinating. > A third book by Boyle 2 is a short apology for his sudden, > incredible rise to economic and political power. In both the diary > and the brief biography, the date of Boyle 2's arrival in Ireland is > midsummer's day -- which was a notable day in the writer's life, as we > see in the play that may have arisen from that experience. > Reading these works is like reading Shakespeare in stereo -- > here is an entire roll of the real characters, the real events, > written by someone who almost has to be the real author of the works > of Shakespeare, but who lived and was persecuted as Richard Boyle 1 -- > a felon.
> What a movie this would be!
> I look forward to reading your comments.
> --Darby Mitchell > M.A. in English, Wayne State University > Ph.d. work, WSU, in the comparative imagery of Marlowe and Shakespeare.
Sorry, not very convincing, when you partake of the facts of the said first earl Richard Boyle, but there could of course be some connection.
> My published essay, "'And thereby hangs a tail/tale': the > Memoirs of an Arse Poetica" may interest Marlovians. It's available > on disk at http:www.castlepublishing.net. or from me, Darby MItchell, > at castlepublishing2...@yahoo.com.
> The theory is based on my discovery of a diary by a Richard > Boyle, THE LISMORE PAPERS. This strange diary is written in verbal > circles. In it the narrator arrives in Ireland for the first time -- > twice in Ireland twice. The first arrival is probably the true date > for the arrival of the real Richard Boyle; the second arrival occurs > two weeks after the supposed death of Marlowe at Deptford. Thus there > seem to be two Richard Boyles.
> The first Boyle was born two years lag of Marlowe and three > miles from Canterbury, Marlowe's birthplace. They both attended > King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. By > references in the diary, these two people looked enough alike and > sounded enough alike that Richard Boyle 2, conjecturally Marlowe, was > at first refused seating on the Council of Munster, presumably because > of Richard Boyle 1's former terrible reputation in that vicinity.
> There are many tie-ins between Marlowe (Boyle 2) and Sir Walter > Raleigh that support a argument for Marlowe as at least half of the > author Shakespeare: Boyle 2 buys all of Raleigh's land in Ireland; > Raleigh, with the entire English fleet, makes an extended visit to > Boyle 2 during Raleigh's 2nd voyage to Guiana, at which time Boyle 2 > outfits Raleigh's ships; Raleigh again visits Boyle 2 on Raleigh's > return from Guiana, when Raleigh is going home to die. There are also > many incidental references to Raleigh and to Raleigh's servants in the > diary. Boyle 2 serves under Sir George Carew, Raleigh's cousin, during > the English-Irish-Spanish war in Ireland, and characters in the > Shakespeare plays are present as soldiers in this war. Carew, > Raleigh's cousin, arranges the marriage of Boyle 2 to the only > daughter of Sir George and Lady Alice Fenton, and names belonging to > this family make up the characters in Shakespeare's MERRY WIVES OF > WINDSOR. Boyle 2 is knighted by Sir George Carew just before Boyle's > marriage to Katherine Fenton. The subsequent names of the many Boyle > children are listed as child characters in the Shakespeare plays. > Another Shakespeare character mentioned by his real name in > Boyle's diary is, for Shylock, the Jewish money lender of THE MERCHANT > OF VENICE, Paul Sherlocke, a Jewish money lender from Waterford. The > model for Falstaff is present in the person Sir John Dowdall, a > profligate but very loyal acquaintance of Boyle 2. > Another book presumably by Marlowe-Boyle 2 is PACATA > HIBERNIA, in which there are many more details that support a theory > of Marlowe's banishment instead of death. If this is by Marlowe, it > is the only self-reflective consciousness we have of the writer > Shakespeare, and, as such, is fascinating. > A third book by Boyle 2 is a short apology for his sudden, > incredible rise to economic and political power. In both the diary > and the brief biography, the date of Boyle 2's arrival in Ireland is > midsummer's day -- which was a notable day in the writer's life, as we > see in the play that may have arisen from that experience. > Reading these works is like reading Shakespeare in stereo -- > here is an entire roll of the real characters, the real events, > written by someone who almost has to be the real author of the works > of Shakespeare, but who lived and was persecuted as Richard Boyle 1 -- > a felon.
> What a movie this would be!
> I look forward to reading your comments.
> --Darby Mitchell > M.A. in English, Wayne State University > Ph.d. work, WSU, in the comparative imagery of Marlowe and Shakespeare.
MM: I know Marlovians love Marlowe dearly, but Marlowe was killed by a fatal wound to the eye and possibly to the brain. There was no faked- death, and no resulting cover-up. I don't blame anyone for loving Marlowe, Bacon, Stanley, or de Vere. They were all Honorable Men, but they didn't write the canon. Sorry. The evidence supports what I've written, despite all the theories which have been presented.
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