The Complete Plays, 9780140436334
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Power, desire, and damnation: Experience the immortal Marlowe’s complete dramatic works.

The Complete Plays

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  • Paperback

    752 pages

  • Release Date

    26 October 2003

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Summary

The Fatal Lure: Marlowe’s Complete Plays

A definitive collection of Christopher Marlowe’s works, introduced by Frank Romany, featuring:

  • Dido Queen of Carthage
  • Tamburlaine the Great Parts One and Two
  • The Jew of Malta
  • Doctor Faustus
  • Edward II
  • The Massacre of Paris

Marlowe’s seven plays capture the irresistible pull of powerful forces – religion, the occult, and desire. From Tamburlaine’s conquests to Faustus’s p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140436334
ISBN-10:0140436332
Series:Penguin Classics
Author:Christopher Marlowe
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:752
Edition:2nd
Release Date:26 October 2003
Weight:517g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 30mm
About The Author

Christopher Marlowe

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 Editor of the journal Medieval and Renaissance Drama in English. Frank Romany teaches English at St John’s College, Oxford.

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