"a bad bitch,"
"if Christopher Marlowe were alive today, he would've painted the town red."
"The rivalry they feel towards one another and the admiration they feel and how that affects their artistry - it was a juicy subject matter to get into."
"I found out that the pair of them would write into their work same-sex pronouns. They wouldn't hide their queerness."
Ncuti Gatwa stars as Christopher Marlowe in the West End play Born With Teeth, appearing opposite Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare. The play stages imagined meetings between the two playwrights while Shakespeare writes Henry VI, featuring lusty exchanges, rivalry, and mutual admiration that influence their artistry. Gatwa described Marlowe as "a bad bitch" and suggested Marlowe would have reveled in modern nightlife. Gatwa and Bluemel intentionally emphasized the play's heat. Gatwa researched Elizabethan history and found evidence that Marlowe and Shakespeare used same-sex pronouns and openly expressed queerness, which motivated him to take the role. Gatwa stepped down from Doctor Who after two seasons.
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