Christopher Marlowe
Elizabethan playwright and poet, first to achieve critical reputation for blank verse
He is considered among the most famous Elizabethan playwrights and the first to achieve critical reputation for his use of blank verse.[1] Marlowe died on 30 May 1593 under disputed circumstances that scholars still debate.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Birthplace
- Canterbury, Kent, England
- Baptised
- 26 February 1564
- Died
- 30 May 1593 (aged 29)
- Place of death
- Deptford, Kent, England
- Resting place
- Churchyard of St. Nicholas, Deptford
- unmarked
- memorial plaques inside and outside church
- Education
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Occupation
- Playwright, poet
- Era
- Elizabethan
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Marlowe was born to Canterbury shoemaker John Marlowe and his wife Katherine, the second of nine children.[3] He attended The King's School, Canterbury on a scholarship and later studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[4] Modern scholars speculate that Marlowe operated as a secret agent for Sir Francis Walsingham.[5] In 1592 Marlowe was arrested in Flushing for alleged involvement in counterfeiting coins.[6]
Marlowe was arrested on 18 May 1593 after Thomas Kyd, under torture, declared a heretical tract belonged to Marlowe.[7] Six dramas have been attributed to Marlowe, with Tamburlaine being the first performed on a regular commercial stage in 1587.[8]
What the cited sources add
The New Oxford Shakespeare authorship team argues that Marlowe had a hand in all three Henry VI plays.[9] In 2016, the New Oxford Shakespeare series credited Marlowe as a co-author of Henry VI with William Shakespeare.[10] Shakespeare was much influenced by Marlowe, as seen in themes from Marlowe's plays appearing in Antony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II and Macbeth.[11] In Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare brought on a character "Marcade" in conscious acknowledgement of Marlowe's character "Mercury" in Massacre at Paris.[11]
References
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wilson 1999, p. 3 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Peter Farey's Marlowe page"; Erne, "Biography, Mythography, and Criticism: The Life and Works of Christopher Marlowe", Modern Philology, August 2005, p. 28–50 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nicholl, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", 2004; "The register booke of the parish of St. George the Martyr, within the citie of Canterburie, of christenings, marriages and burials. 1538–1800", Cross & Jackman, 1891, p. 10; Hopkins, "A Christopher Marlowe Chronology", Springer, 2005, p. 27; Rackham, "The Pseudo-Marlowe Portrait: a wish fulfilled?", Corpus Letter, 2014, p. 32; Hilton, "Who was Kit Marlowe? : The story of the poet and playwright", New York : Taplinger Pub. Co., 1977, p. 1; Holland, "Oxford Dictionary of Natio en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nicholl, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", 2004; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Collinson, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", 2004; For a full transcript, see Peter Farey's Marlowe page (Retrieved 30 April 2015).; Hutchinson, "Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England", Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, p. 111 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: For a full transcript, see Peter Farey's Marlowe page (Retrieved 30 April 2015). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The document was identified in the 20th century as transcripts from the historian John Proctor's book The Fal of the Late Arrian (1549). See George T. Buckley, ; Thomas Kyd, letter to Sir John Puckering, undated, held by the British Library, Harley MS. 6849, folio 218r-v. The letter was published in F.S. Boas, Works of K; Mulryne, J. R. "Thomas Kyd."Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.; Haynes, Alan. The Elizabethan Secret Service. London: Sutton, 2005.; National Archives, Acts of the Privy en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Sixteenth Century: Topics", The Norton Anthology of English Literature (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Freebury-Jones, "Augean Stables; Or, the State of Modern Authorship Attribution Studies", www.archivdigital.info. facts only, no text reused. archivdigital.info
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Freebury-Jones, "Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer", Manchester University Press, 2024; Shea, "New Oxford Shakespeare Edition Credits Christopher Marlowe as a Co-author", The New York Times, 24 October 2016}}{{cbignore; "Christopher Marlowe credited as Shakespeare's co-writer", BBC, 24 October 2016; Freebury-Jones, "Augean Stables; Or, the State of Modern Authorship Attribution Studies", www.archivdigital.info; Freebury-Jones, "Did Shakespeare Really Co-Write 2 Henry VI en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Christopher Marlowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wilson, "Representing France and the French in early modern English drama", University of Delaware Press, 2008, p. 95–97 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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