Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy

Christopher ("Kit") Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Perhaps the foremost Elizabethan tragedian before Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. Christopher Marlowe - Background. Born in Canterbury the son of a shoemaker, he attended The King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on a scholarship and received his bachelor of ...

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• Christopher Marlowe - Background
• Christopher Marlowe - Literary career
• Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death
• Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers
• Christopher Marlowe - Recent alleged censorship of Marlowe's plays
• Christopher Marlowe - Works
• Christopher Marlowe - Plays
• Christopher Marlowe - Poetry
• Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

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As with other writers of the period, such as Shakespeare, little is known about Marlowe. Most of the evidence is legal records and other official documents that tell us little about him. This hasn't stopped writers of both fiction and non-fiction speculating about his activities and character. Marlowe has often been regarded as a spy, a brawler, a heretic, and a homosexual. The evidence for some of these claims is slight. The bare facts of Marlowe's life have been embellished by many writers into colourful, and often fanciful, narratives of the Elizabethan underworld. See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe controversies in the twentieth century, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend

As with other writers of the period, such as Shakespeare, little is known about Marlowe. Most of the evidence is legal records and other official documents that tell us little about him. This hasn't stopped writers of both fiction and non-fiction speculating about his activities and character. Marlowe has often been regarded as a spy, a brawler, a heretic, and a homosexual. The evidence for some of these claims is slight. The bare facts of Marlowe's life have been embellished by many writers into colourful, and often fanciful, narratives of the Elizabethan underworld. See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Recent alleged censorship of Marlowe's plays, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend

The dates of composition are approximate. Christopher Marlowe - Plays. Dido, Queen of Carthage (c.1583) (with Thomas Nashe) Tamburlaine (c.1587) Doctor Faustus (c.1589, revised c.1592) The Jew of Malta (c.1589) Edward II (c.1592) The ...

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Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe controversies in the twentieth century, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - Works

The brief Dido, Queen of Carthage seems to be Marlowe's first extant dramatic work, possibly written at Cambridge with Thomas Nashe. Marlowe's first known play to be performed on the London stage was 1587's Tamburlaine, a story of the conqueror Timur. The first English play to make effective dramatic use of blank verse, it marks the beginning of the mature phase of Elizabethan Theatre. It was a smash success, and Tamburlaine Part II soon followed. The sequence of his remaining plays is unknown. All were written on ...

See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Recent alleged censorship of Marlowe's plays, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - Literary career

The dates of composition are approximate. Christopher Marlowe - Plays. Dido, Queen of Carthage (c.1583) (with Thomas Nashe) Tamburlaine (c.1587) Doctor Faustus (c.1589, revised c.1592) The Jew of Malta (c.1589) Edward II (c.1592) The ...

See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Recent alleged censorship of Marlowe's plays, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - Works

The brief Dido, Queen of Carthage seems to be Marlowe's first extant dramatic work, possibly written at Cambridge with Thomas Nashe. Marlowe's first known play to be performed on the London stage was 1587's Tamburlaine, a story of the conqueror Timur. The first English play to make effective dramatic use of blank verse, it marks the beginning of the mature phase of Elizabethan Theatre. It was a smash success, and Tamburlaine Part II soon followed. The sequence of his remaining plays is unknown. All were written on ...

See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe controversies in the twentieth century, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

Read more here: » Christopher Marlowe: Encyclopedia II - Christopher Marlowe - Literary career