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Theory: Christopher Marlowe, a Catholic convert, wrote all of the works attributed to William Shakespeare during his exile on the island of Malta from 1593 to 1611. His alias was William Watts. Over many years, starting in 1595, Marlowe also wrote both parts of Don Quixote. After returning from exile, Marlowe wrote all of the works attributed to George Sandys. During his exile on Malta, Marlowe met Caravaggio, and a few of Caravaggio's late paintings are subtly alluded to in "The Winter's Tale." Finally, Marlowe took Margery Kempe's manuscript with him on his perilous journey to Malta, and traces of Kempe are present in many of Marlowe's works. Marlowe died in 1622 in America at Jamestown, Virginia Colony, not too far from the current Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC. His friends started work on the First Folio immediately after news of his death reached England in June 1622.