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Roundtable to debate Marlowe&#039;s influence on Shakespeare play - Daily Bruin

Roundtable to debate Marlowe&#8217;s influence on Shakespeare play

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In literature, the story behind the story often reveals something unexpected. On Wednesday in Royce Hall, author and UCLA Extension instructor Steve Sohmer will be arguing at a roundtable talk hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies that William Shakespeare wrote his play “As You Like It” as a commemoration of the death of fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe.

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Roundtable to debate Marlowe’s influence on Shakespeare play

By Hugh Defrance

Nov. 19, 2014 12:00 a.m.