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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Perhaps before passing to the narrower question of Marlowe’s immediate connection with Shakspere it may be well to touch, first, on the position of the English stage when Marlowe appeared before the.