Marlowe, Christopher

Marlowe, Christopher (1564 - 1593)

Index to poems
  1. From Doctor Faustus ("Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?")
  2. From Tamburlaine the Great, Part One ("Nature that framed us of four elements")
  3. From Tamburlaine the Great, Part One ("What is Beauty? saith my sufferings, then")
  4. From The Jew of Malta ("Content, but we will leave this paltry land")
  5. Hero and Leander
  6. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Given Name
Christopher
Family Name
Marlowe
Birth Date
0, 1564
Death Date
June 1, 1593
Nationality
English
Family Relations
father : John Marlowe
mother : Catherine Marlowe
Education
Religion
Honours
Occupations
  • Playwright



Literary Period
Elizabethan
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
Cause of Death
Murder
Buried At
unmarked grave in the churchyard of St. Nicholas, Deptford
First RPO Edition
1997