FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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a teacher
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a poet
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an ordained member of the church clergy
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a playwright
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1584 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The terms of the scholarship Marlowe received allowed for three years of further study if the scholar in question intended to take holy orders.
Detailed explanation-2: -Six dramas have been attributed to the authorship of Christopher Marlowe either alone or in collaboration with other writers, with varying degrees of evidence. The writing sequence or chronology of these plays is mostly unknown and is offered here with any dates and evidence known.
Detailed explanation-3: -On January 14, 1579, Christopher Marlowe entered the King’s School, Canterbury, as a scholar. A year later he went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Marlowe obtained both a bachelor’s degree (1584) and a master’s degree (1587) at Cambridge.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scholars recognize Marlowe as the first English dramatist to reveal the full potential of blank verse poetry, and as one who made significant advances in the genre of English tragedy through keen examinations of Renaissance morality. Marlowe wrote during the Elizabethan period, a time of change and uncertainty.
Detailed explanation-5: –died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London), British poet and playwright. The son of a Canterbury shoemaker, he earned a degree from Cambridge University. From 1587 he wrote plays for London theatres, starting with Tamburlaine the Great (published 1590), in which he established dramatic blank verse.