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A Short Biography of Christopher Marlowe

Author Name:

Christopher Marlowe

Born As:

Christopher Marlowe

Other Names:

Christopher Marlowe

Born:

26 Feb 1564

Died:

30 May 1593




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Dramatist, poet and translator                          
Selected Works:

The dates are approximate.
Plays:

Dido, Queen of Carthage - c.1586 - possibly co-written with Thomas Nashe
Tamburlaine, part 1 - c.1587
Tamburlaine, part 2 - c.1587-1588
The Jew of Malta - c.1589
Doctor Faustus - c.1589, or, c.1593
Edward II - c.1592
The Massacre at Paris - c.1593

Poetry:

Translation of Lucan's Pharsalia - date unknown
Translation of Ovid's Elegies - c. 1580s?
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love - pre-1593; because it is constantly referred to in his own plays, it can only be presumed  an early date of mid-1580s
Hero and Leander - c. 1593, unfinished; completed by George Chapman, 1598.                          
Mother Katherine
Father John Marlowe