The Poet, The Spy, and the Dark Lady by
4 Jun. 2022
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What a delight to encounter a script about Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Bassano which actually does justice to them - presenting them not as bland historical figures in some costume drama, or (shudder) as pawns in some ridiculous conspiracy, but as engaging, richly detailed, flesh-and-blood human beings. Which is not to say that this isn't a costume drama about a conspiracy - about several, actually, all of them doozies - but that everything stems naturally from these complicated, fully realized people. A blast. ”