The Massacre at Paris
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The Massacre at Paris is an Elizabethan play by the English dramatist Christopher Marlowe and a Restoration drama by Nathaniel Lee, the latter chiefly remembered for a song by Henry Purcell. Both conc
A foul sheet from Marlowe's writing of The Massacre at Paris (1593). Reproduced from Folger Shakespeare Library Ms.J.b.8
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