The Complete Plays

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Penguin UK, Nov 27, 2003 - Drama - 752 pages
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.

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Contents

Preface
The Baines Note
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART
THE JEW OF MALTA
DOCTOR FAUSTUS
EDWARD THE SECOND
THE MASSACRE AT PARIS
The Massacre at Paris Scene 19
Glossary
List of Mythological Historical and Geographical Names
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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.

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