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Phebe · 10-14-2010, 01:43 PM

I'm reading Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe; this is my fourth of his plays. Anyone who thinks he wrote Shakespeare is crazy --- VERY different styles! The fact that they both wrote in iambic pentameter (five iams -- da DAH, da DAH, da DAH, da DAH, da DAH) hardly make them the same person: people did that around 1600. Marlowe is coarse (see the video of his play Edward II: omigod, seriously X-rated) and highly visual in his staging, much more luridly than Shakespeare was.

This amazing discovery near the front of the Dr. Faustus play:

"What doctrine call you this, Che sera, sera,
What will be, shall be?"

The 1950s "Che sera, sera" song was inspired by a 16th century Marlowe play -- who knew???

10-14-2010, 01:43 PM	#6743
Phebe Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 124 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS 500 and Kindle 2 and iPad and iPhone	I'm reading Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe; this is my fourth of his plays. Anyone who thinks he wrote Shakespeare is crazy --- VERY different styles! The fact that they both wrote in iambic pentameter (five iams -- da DAH, da DAH, da DAH, da DAH, da DAH) hardly make them the same person: people did that around 1600. Marlowe is coarse (see the video of his play Edward II: omigod, seriously X-rated) and highly visual in his staging, much more luridly than Shakespeare was. This amazing discovery near the front of the Dr. Faustus play: "What doctrine call you this, Che sera, sera, What will be, shall be?" The 1950s "Che sera, sera" song was inspired by a 16th century Marlowe play -- who knew???