Tamburlaine
Timur Khan--to give Tamburlaine his original name--was long perceived in the west as a ruthless conqueror. Christopher Marlowe's play, TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, achieved great success on the Elizabethan stage. However, four centuries later, we have seen the vindication of the great Khan--who is...
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Timur Khan--to give Tamburlaine his original name--was long perceived in the west as a ruthless conqueror. Christopher Marlowe's play, TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, achieved great success on the Elizabethan stage. However, four centuries later, we have seen the vindication of the great Khan--who is revered as a heroic figure in the newly liberated from the USSR state of Uzbekistan.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486421254 (0486421252)
Publish date: June 27th 2002
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry,
16th Century
I was going to have a look at both of these plays as a whole, but it appears that both of these plays are in fact a ten act play divided into two parts. This seemed to also be something of a debate with some of Shakespeare's plays, however the ones that are in two, or three, parts (actually, there i...
Duration: 2 hoursblurb - A new production of Christopher Marlowe's 16th century play about the growth to tyrannical power of a Scythian shepherd. Tamburlaine is a classic drama said to have changed the course of British drama and to have influenced the young Shakespeare. This is the first in a serie...
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