FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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English Puritan theatre
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English Renaissance theatre
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Restoration theatre
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English Neo-Classical theatre
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Detailed explanation-1: -First recorded performance 26 Jan 1593, by Lord Strange’s Men, at Henslowe’s Rose Theatre, London, under the title The Tragedy of the Guise; 1594, in the repertory of the Admiral’s Men.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (1564-1593) 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did Christopher Marlowe write? Christopher Marlowe’s most famous play is The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. His other plays are Tamburlaine the Great; Dido, Queen of Carthage; Edward II; The Massacre at Paris; and The Jew of Malta.
Detailed explanation-4: -English Renaissance theatre, also known as early modern English theatre, or (commonly) as Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1562 and 1642. This is the style of the plays of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe andBen Jonson.
Detailed explanation-5: -One important influence was Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe pioneered the use of blank verse, the form Shakespeare uses in all his plays. Like Shakespeare, Marlowe also portrayed complex tragic characters on stage.