<p>'"O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!"<br><br>And so was I, which plainly signified<br><br>That I should snarl and bite, play the dog.'<br>Henry VI, Part 3<br>Christopher Marlowe ? rockstar of Elizabethan theatre and notorious spy for the Crown ? danger and seduction combined. William Shakespeare ? jobbing actor and promising young playwright ? dazzled by Marlowe, but with ambitions of his own.<br>When the pair meet in the backroom of a ...