Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury in 1564, about two months before Shakespeare, and his work had a great effect on the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon. In particular, Marlowe’s influence can be divined in numerous Shakespeare plays including As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice,...

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players .” – William Shakespeare (As You Like It) Shakespeare Basics William Shakespeare is an almost mythical figure, about whom we know remarkably little. What we do know, however, is what defines him as the...