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Tamburlaine : parts one and two (2nd ed)

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One of the smash hits of the late 1580s and 90s, Tamburlaine established blank verse as the poetic line of English Renaissance drama, Edward Alleyn as the first English star actor and Marlowe as one of the foremost playwrights of his time.

The rise and fall of a Scythian peasant-warrior who conquers the Middle East and is struck down by illness after burning the books of the Koran is presented in two parts crammed with theatrical splendour and equally spectacular cruelty.

Marlowe's original audiences were delighted with the blasphemous and ruthlessly ambitious hero; the introduction to this edition discusses the problems that such a character poses for modern audiences and highlights the undercurrents of the play that lead towards a more ironic interpretation.

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Methuen Drama
0713668148 / 9780713668148
Paperback / softback
822.3
29/08/2003
United Kingdom
English
xlvi, 174 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. This ed. originally published: 1997.