CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

I was born on February 26^th, 1564 the same day I was baptized in Canterbury, England. I was born three months before my partner Shakespeare. My mother was the daughter of a former priest and my father was a shoemaker. At the age of sixteen I went to King's School where I was awarded a scholarship that enabled me to study at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, from late 1580 until 1587. I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in 1584, but in 1587 the university hesitated in granting me my master's degree, perhaps arising from my frequent absences, or speculation that I had converted to Roman Catholicism and would soon attend college elsewhere. However, received it in 1587.

I started my career as a playwright, poet and actor at the Admiral’s company in London, I put some of my time to perform some scenes of theater where I had success; I really enjoyed writing and playing different scenes. I also became a secret agent working for Sir Francis Willingham’s intelligence service; I was arrested in several opportunities because of the discussions with people and murders.

I became famous because of my first play Tamburlaine the Great  in blank-verse, a tragic play which is divided into two parts, which was the first play to be performed on the regular stage in London. It is considered the beginning of the mature phase of the Elizabethan theater; I wrote others famous tragedies such as; Dr. Faustus, The Rich Jew of Malta, and Edward II very popular in London and all around the world. I death on 30th May 1593, in London, UK.