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    Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was born in Canterbury the year of Shakespeare’s birth. Like Shakespeare, he was of a prosperous middle-class family, but unlike Shakespeare he went to a university, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he received the bachelor’s degree in 1584 and the master’s degree in 1587. The terms of his scholarship implied that he was preparing for the clergy but he did not become a clergyman. Shortly before he received his M.A. the University seems to have wished to withhold it, apparently suspecting him of conversion to Roman Catholicism, but the Queen’s Privy Council intervened on his behalf, stating that he “had done her majesty good service” and had been employed “in matters touching the benefit of the country.” His precise service is unknown. After Cambridge, Marlowe went to London, where he apparently lived a turbulent life (he had two brushes with the law and was said to be disreputable) while pursuing a career as a dramatist. He wrote seven plays--the dates of which are uncertain--before he was yet again in legal difficulties: he was arrested in 1593, accused of atheism. He was not imprisoned, and before his case could be decided he was dead, having been stabbed in a tavern while quarreling over the bill.
    Doctor Faustus
    Doctor Faustus
    Christopher Marlowe
    9780451531612
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 06, 2010
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Poems and Translations
    The Complete Poems and Translations
    Christopher Marlowe , Stephen Orgel
    9780143104957
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    May 29, 2007
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Plays
    The Complete Plays
    Christopher Marlowe
    9780140436334
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 06, 2004
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    Doctor Faustus
    Doctor Faustus
    Christopher Marlowe
    9780451531612
    $7.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 06, 2010
    Signet
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Poems and Translations
    The Complete Poems and Translations
    Christopher Marlowe, Stephen Orgel
    9780143104957
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    May 29, 2007
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Plays
    The Complete Plays
    Christopher Marlowe
    9780140436334
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 06, 2004
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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