Stages of Power

It is October 1592. Christopher Marlowe, the most accomplished playwright in London, has written The Massacre at Paris for his company, the Lord Admiral''s Men. Bubonic plague has hit outlying parishes, forcing theaters to close and postponing the season. Ordinarily, the Rose Theatre would debut Marlowe''s work, but its subject—the St. Bartholomew Day''s Massacre—is unpleasant and might inflame ho...