Christopher Marlowe
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Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the
Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Marlowe was christened at St George's Church, Canterbury. The tower, shown here, is all that survived destruction during the Baedeker air raids of 1942.
The corner of Old Court of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where Marlowe stayed while a Cambridge student and, possibly, during the time he was recruited as a spy
Portrait of alleged "spymaster" Sir Francis Walsingham c. 1585; attributed to John de Critz
Doctor Faustus (play)
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The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about a scholar w
Christopher Marlowe
…Occupations Playwright poet Years active c. mid-1580s – 1593 Era Elizabethan Notable work Hero and Leander Tamburlaine the Great Edward the Second The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Dido, Queen of Carthage Movement English Renaissance Signature Christopher Marlowe ( MAR-loh; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), also known as…
Portrait of Doctor Faustus
The Devil and Doctor Faustus Meet