Christopher Marlowe

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    "All they that love not tobacco and boys are fools."

    Come, let us march against the powers of heaven,
    And set black streamers in the firmament,
    To signify the slaughter of the gods.

    —Tamburlaine the Great

    Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593) was an English poet, dramatist, and translator. He is probably best known for The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, and Tamburlaine. He was one of the first to write English drama in blank verse.

    He was regarded highly, at least in terms of his writing, by his literary contemporaries, including William Shakespeare (who was beginning his own rise to fame when Marlowe died, and whose works contain many Shout-Outs to Marlowe). Said, respectable people, however, regarded him as a contentious brawler and a dangerous rebel against society.

    As a Historical Domain Character, his appearances in fiction almost invariably feature one or both of (a) his acquaintance with Shakespeare; (b) his death. (Which was somewhat suspicious, and has prompted theories that it was a set-up by the English secret service, either to keep him from spilling some secret or, more creatively, to allow him to adopt a new identity and go into hiding. People who promote the creative version are generally advocates of the theory that Marlowe was the true author of Shakespeare's plays, even the ones written after 1593, or else historical fiction writers who don't care whether it's true because it makes a good story.)

    Works written by Christopher Marlowe include:
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