Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe (1564 – 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. His best-known plays are: Dido, Queen of Carthage (c.1585–87), Tamburlaine (c.1587), The Jew of Malta (c.1589–90), Doctor Faustus (c.1588–92), Edward II (c.1592), and The Massacre of Paris (c.1593).