Christopher Marlowe (c.1564-1593) was an English playwright and poet of the Elizabethan Era. He was the first playwright of that time to consistently present his work in blank verse—poems written in lines of usually unrhymed, ten-syllable, iambic pentameter—a form which was to become the mainstay of composition for Elizabethan drama. As a pioneer in this form, Marlowe became a crucial influence on a fellow contemporary playwright: William Shakespeare (who was baptized the same year as Marlowe). His most popular play, Doctor Faustus, continues to be studies and performed to this day. Marlowe died at a young age under mysterious circumstances after being knifed in the eye in a tavern brawl. Many critics believe that, at the time of his death, his talent was only beginning to blossom.
Christopher Marlowe (c.1564-1593) was an English playwright and poet of the Elizabethan Era. He was the first playwright of that time to consistently present his work in blank verse—poems written in lines of usually unrhymed, ten-syllable, iambic pentameter—a form which was to become the mainstay of composition for Elizabethan drama. As a pioneer in this form, Marlowe became a crucial influence on a fellow contemporary playwright: William Shakespeare (who was baptized the same year as Marlowe). His most popular play, Doctor Faustus, continues to be studies and performed to this day. Marlowe died at a young age under mysterious circumstances after being knifed in the eye in a tavern brawl. Many critics believe that, at the time of his death, his talent was only beginning to blossom.
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