Marlowe is a literary genius comparable to Shakespeare, and his contribution to Elizabethan literature is enormous. Although Marlowe is only two months older than Shakespeare, his college education gives him an advantage over Shakespeare. When Shakespeare arrived in London in the late 1980s in 15, Marlowe was the chief playwright on the British stage. His innovative use of iambic pentameter makes it a poetic form of Elizabeth/James I's plays.
Marlowe was killed in an argument with Ingram Fraser. After spending a day at Eleanor Bull's house with Frith and two other men, Robert Polly and Nicholas Scholes. An argument about "bills" escalated into a battle. Marlowe was investigated for heresy. This fact, coupled with the fact that all four men were connected with British intelligence agencies, led to a conspiracy theory that Marlowe was murdered on the orders of a powerful secret faction. This also gave birth to an absurd theory that he faked his own death and continued to write as william shakespeare. There is no real evidence to support these theories.
Heroes and leander was written by Chapman and published in 1598.
People often mistakenly say that Marlowe died in a bar fight. Eleanor Bull was allowed to hold private parties at home. This is not a small hotel.