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From: The Nation
Date: 20050321
Author:Swift, Daniel
THE WORLD OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.
By David Riggs.
Holt. 411 pp. $30.
TAMBURLAINE MUST DIE.
By Louise Welsh.
Canongate. 149 pp. $18.95.
Christopher Marlowe's life was short, sharp and irresistible. His fame rests not only on six violently glittering plays written in his 20s but also on the tantalizing story that may be considered his masterpiece, for Marlowe inhabited his time like a player strutting upon an invisible stage. His life was his most remarkable piece of theater.
Everyone imitated Marlowe. His first play, Tamburlaine, was staged when he ...
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