Christopher Marlowe, English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593)

Christopher Marlowe

16th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have…