The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe lived a life that echoed the violence in his plays. He was born in 1564 and was murdered in 1593 in what is speculated to be a political assassination. An educated man, he received both his B. A. and M. A. at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where it is believed that he wrote Part I of "Tamberlaine," and possibly "Dido Queen of Carthage." Machiavellian themes are present in much of Marlowe's work, the main characters constantly involved in a tumultuous upward climb toward unattainable infinite success. Marlowe's perhaps greatest legacy was introducing blank verse into English theatre with "Tamburlaine The Great, Part I." This collection includes: "Dido Queen of Carthage," "Tamburlaine, Parts I & II," "The Jew of Malta," "The Massacre At Paris," "Edward The Second," "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus," "The First Book of Lucan," "Ovid's Elegies," and "Hero and Leander."