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    Christopher Marlowe (/ˈmɑːrloʊ/ MAR-loh; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator...
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    popular being Sir Francis Bacon; Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford; Christopher Marlowe; and William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Supporters of alternative...
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    to figures of vulgar fun. The story was popularised in England by Christopher Marlowe, who gave it a classic treatment in his play The Tragical History...
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    voyage aboard HMS Resolution, and the mysterious apparent murder of Christopher Marlowe in a house along Deptford Strand. Though Deptford began as two small...
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  • Jephcott has also worked in radio including the part of Marlowe in The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries. This aired briefly on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Jephcott...
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    The Killing (2010) and Mike Walker's The Reckoning: The Death of Christopher Marlowe (2022). Gorman's stage credits include Ladybird (Royal Court), Flush...
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    role of the poet, gay atheist and spy Christopher Marlowe who was jealous of Shakespeare. Christopher Marlowe is preoccupied with death, the supernatural...
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  • Marlowe may refer to: Cade Marlowe (born 1997), American baseball player Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English dramatist, poet and translator Pat Marlowe...
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    by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was probably written in 1592 or 1593, shortly before Marlowe's death...
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    Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), English playwright and poet, has appeared in works of fiction since the nineteenth century. He was a contemporary of...
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  • centuries who is notable for his reported killing of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in the home of Eleanor Bull on 30 May 1593. He may have been working...
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    James P. (2004). "Marlowe and the English literary scene". In Cheney, Patrick Gerard (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge: Cambridge...
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    MP". Geni.[unreliable source?] "CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE - Some biographical facts by Peter Farey". "Christopher Marlowe in London, by Mark Williams Eccles...
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    The Marlowe Theatre is a 1,200-seat theatre in Canterbury named after playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born and attended school in the city. It...
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    (2014–2019). Christopher Catesby Harington was born on 26 December 1986 in Acton, west London. His mother named him after Christopher Marlowe, whose first...
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    of Atheism". The group supposedly included poets and scientists Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman, Matthew Roydon and Thomas Harriot. There is no firm...
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  • his coveted O negative. Eve relies on their old friend, the author Christopher Marlowe, who faked his death in 1593 and now lives under the protection of...
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    became popular secular writers. Prominent members of this group were Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge, and John Lyly, Thomas...
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  • competitor for fame, wealth and patronage. Among others, George Chapman, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Barnabe Barnes,...
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    English drama, led by playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, the prowess of English maritime adventurers, such as Francis Drake...
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    of the new regime. Edward's relationship with Gaveston inspired Christopher Marlowe's 1592 play Edward II, along with other plays, films, novels and media...
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  • the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe given to the Privy Council in May 1593. Within a couple of weeks, Marlowe, just 29 and the same age as...
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  • killing in self-defence by Ingram Frizer of the famous poet/dramatist Christopher Marlowe in May 1593. There is no known record of Poley's birth and early...
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    Tamburlaine (category Plays by Christopher Marlowe)
    Tamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor Timur (Tamerlane/Timur...
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  • did not also write plays. Around 1591 Christopher Marlowe also joined this patron's service, and for a while Marlowe and Kyd shared lodgings, and perhaps...
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    Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage, by Christopher Marlowe (and Thomas Nashe?). (See also Christopher Marlowe.) Commentary Greek Mythology Link: Dido...
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  • Shakespeare in Love (category Cultural depictions of Christopher Marlowe)
    Confronted by Wessex, Shakespeare introduces himself as Christopher Marlowe. Wessex ejects "Marlowe" and threatens to kill him. Shakespeare finds Viola on...
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    Thomas Kyd The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Antonio's Revenge by John Marston...
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    has been proposed that the portrait depicts the English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), though several scholars have suggested that this is...
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  • Anonymous, which contests the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, as Christopher Marlowe. Gravelle missed attending the film's London premiere due to starring...
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