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Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?” The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague broke out in London, forcing the closure of the theatres. Leading playwrights took to penning languorously erotic poetry to make ends meet: so we have Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece - and Marlowe’s blazing masterpiece, Hero and Leander. Marlowe’s poem became more notorious than either of Shakespeare’s, due not only to its homophile provocations but also to the scandal attaching to every aspect of Marlowe’s brief life, violently ended in a mysterio...
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Episodes
00 - Printer's Dedication 02.01.2026 3:39
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01 - First Sestiad, part one 01.01.2026 15:37
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02 - First Sestiad, part two 31.12.2025 18:25
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03 - First Sestiad, part three 30.12.2025 8:57
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04 - Second Sestiad, part one 29.12.2025 17:32
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05 - Second Sestiad, part two 28.12.2025 12:46
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06 - Third Sestiad, part one 27.12.2025 17:58
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07 - Third Sestiad, part two 26.12.2025 19:20
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08 - Fourth Sestiad, part one 25.12.2025 19:32
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09 - Fourth Sestiad, part two 24.12.2025 12:08
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10 - Fifth Sestiad, part one 23.12.2025 11:14
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11 - Fifth Sestiad, part two 22.12.2025 12:44
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12 - Fifth Sestiad, part three 21.12.2025 6:57
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13 - Fifth Sestiad, part four 20.12.2025 12:27
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14 - Sixth Sestiad, part one 19.12.2025 14:20
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15 - Sixth Sestiad, part two 18.12.2025 13:31
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