Havelock Ellis
Birth date: February 02, 1859
Died: July 08, 1939
Havelock Ellis's Books
For a long time I felt that Kit Marlowe's best play was [book:The Tragical History of Doctor Faust], and though I had read this play previously, it had not stuck in my head in the same way that Doctor Faust did. I suspect it is because the last time that I read this collection of plays I had read th...
bookshelves: published-1589, play-dramatisation, fraudio, filthy-lucre, earlymodern16c-18c, classic Read in August, 2009 First broadcast on Radio 3 1993-10-03“Barabas the Jew's assets are stripped by Christians and he wreaks a terrible revenge. A savage 'comic' tragedy of intrigue, murder and lov...
If you haven't read Marlowe, I recommend him. He's more lurid and over the top than Shakespeare, and nowhere near as subtle - well, not subtle at all, if we're being honest - and he's not as good, but then it's a little uncool to compare anyone to Shakespeare. He is good.Sucks to be this guy, really...
First broadcast on Radio 3 1993-10-03“Barabas the Jew's assets are stripped by Christians and he wreaks a terrible revenge. A savage 'comic' tragedy of intrigue, murder and love.” Ian Mcdiarmid (Barabas)Kathryn HuntDavid FleeshmanRobert WhelanRod ArthurCliff HowellsSue JenkinsMichael GrandageDelia C...