Before Shakespeare, there was Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe’s beginnings were humble. Though his exact date of birth is not known, he was baptized on 26th February, 1564.
Marlowe was popular as a dramatist, but he was a great poet too. Marlowe wrote ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’. This poem was highly appreciated. Marlowe’s ‘Hero and Leander’ is a poem that retells the Greek myth of Hero and Leander. This poem was published posthumously in 1598.
Marlowe popularized the dramatic blank verse. ‘The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus’ was Marlowe’s masterpiece, and ranks among the greatest dramas in the English language.
‘Tamburlaine the Great’, ‘The Jew of Malta’, etc, are some of his other acclaimed plays. Marlowe was murdered in 1593.
