The Complete Plays

Christopher Marlowe

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Penguin Classics
27 October 2003

Plays & playscripts; Penguin Black Classics

A definitive new collection of Marlowe's plays with a critical introduction by Frank Romany containing- 'Dido Queen of Carthage', 'Tamburlaine the Great Parts One and Two', 'The Jew of Malta', 'Doctor Faustus', 'Edward II' and 'The Massacre of Paris'

Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic.

In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration.

By: Christopher Marlowe
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9780140436334
ISBN 10: 0140436332
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 27 October 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Marlowe (1564-93) was educated at Cambridge and soon established his reputation as a playwright. Away from the stage, Marlowe was a man who courted danger as a homosexual, a spy, and an outspoken atheist. He was murdered at the age of 29 in a tavern in Deptford. Robert Lindsey is Associate Aditor of the journal Medieval and Renaissance Drama in English. Frank Romany teaches English at St John's College, Oxford.