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How did Christopher know Shakespeare you ask? He knew him through the people of the town. There is no existing record of them meeting, but it seems unlikely that they wouldn't have crossed paths at some point. At the beginning of Shakespeare's career they both were writing for the same theatre, the Rose, and would have both been in the same social circles. They were rivals through the plays they wrote and acted.

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Why did shakespeare feel guity for the death of Christopher marlowe?

You must mean in the movie Shakespeare in Love, where Shakespeare has given the false name "Christopher Marlowe" and believes that his (Shakespeare's) enemies have killed Marlowe by mistake. This is an entirely fictional story for which there is no basis in fact.


Who was William Shakespeare's acting group's arch rival?

Christopher Marlowe


When was The Jew of Malta written by Shakespeare?

The Jew of Malta was written by Christopher Marlowe, not Shakespeare, around 1589.


What two famous men were born the same year as shakespeare?

Galileo and Christopher Marlowe


One of Shakespeare's bitter enemies was?

Shakespeare did not have any bitter enemies, least of all his fellow playwrights such as Christopher Marlowe or Ben Jonson. Jonson, we know, was a friend and admirer of Shakespeare. Because Marlowe died so early in his career and before Shakespeare really got going, Marlowe didn't have much to say about Shakespeare, but Shakespeare admired Marlowe and included homages to him in his own plays. Playwrights of that time often worked together on plays, and we know that Shakespeare collaborated with John Fletcher late in his career, and many believe he also collaborated with George Poole on some of his early plays. The closest we hear from any of his contemporaries about anyone disliking Shakespeare in any way was Greene in his 1592 pamphlet Groatsworth of Wit, who talked about Shakespeare in rather unflattering terms (calling him an "upstart crow" for example) because Shakespeare did not have a university education like most of the playwrights of that time.

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Why did shakespeare feel guity for the death of Christopher marlowe?

You must mean in the movie Shakespeare in Love, where Shakespeare has given the false name "Christopher Marlowe" and believes that his (Shakespeare's) enemies have killed Marlowe by mistake. This is an entirely fictional story for which there is no basis in fact.


Who was shakespeare most known contemporaries?

Christopher Marlowe


How William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe were enemies?

they were tough competition ;)


Who was William Shakespeare's acting group's arch rival?

Christopher Marlowe


Did Shakespeare kill Sir Francis Bacon or Christopher Marlowe?

Bacon outlived Shakespeare by ten years. Marlowe was killed by a man called Ingram Frizer.


When was The Jew of Malta written by Shakespeare?

The Jew of Malta was written by Christopher Marlowe, not Shakespeare, around 1589.


Who were two influences on Shakespeare?

Christopher Marlowe was one. Perhaps Plutarch was another.


Who were the famous writters of the Elizabethan period?

William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe...


What was the name of the popular writer of the time besides shakespeare?

Perhaps you mean Christopher Marlowe.


What two famous men were born the same year as shakespeare?

Galileo and Christopher Marlowe


Why was Shakespeare killed?

He wasn't; he died of natural causes. Maybe you are thinking of Christopher Marlowe.


Did Shakespeare invent the word gloomy?

No. Christopher Marlowe did, although Shakespeare used it three times in his early plays and poems. Marlowe was very fond of this word and used it 17 times.