Christopher Marlowe
1564-1593. Dramatist. Best-known plays: Tamburlaine (c. 1587), The Jew of Malta (c. 1588?), Dr Faustus (published 1604) and Edward II (c. 1592). Killed in a quarrel over the bill in a Deptford tavern. Rumoured to be an atheist.
1564-1593. Dramatist. Best-known plays: Tamburlaine (c. 1587), The Jew of Malta (c. 1588?), Dr Faustus (published 1604) and Edward II (c. 1592). Killed in a quarrel over the bill in a Deptford tavern. Rumoured to be an atheist.