Tamburlaine

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Tamburlaine is a landmark Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe that dramatizes the ruthless rise and fall of a Central Asian conqueror.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan tragedy
English Renaissance drama
stage play
approximateCompositionDate c. 1587
author Christopher Marlowe
basedOn Timur
canonicalStatus landmark of early modern English drama
major work of Christopher Marlowe
character Bajazet
surface form: Bajazeth

Callapine
Cosroe
Techelles
Theridamas
Usumcasane
Zenocrate
countryOfOrigin England
dramaticForm blank verse
dramaticType heroic drama
revenge tragedy elements
firstPerformanceDate late 1580s
firstPublicationDate 1590
genre tragedy
historicalModel Timur
surface form: Timur (Tamerlane)
influenced development of English blank verse drama
later Jacobean tragedy
language English
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era
mainCharacter Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tamburlaine the Great
movement English Renaissance drama
surface form: English Renaissance theatre
notableFeature bombastic heroic rhetoric
innovative use of blank verse on the Elizabethan stage
notableFor depiction of a secular, anti-Christian hero
portrayal of an overreaching conqueror
spectacular scenes of violence
originalTheatre Rose Theatre
part Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tamburlaine the Great, Part I

Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tamburlaine the Great, Part II
printedIn London, England
surface form: London
publisher Richard Jones
setInPeriod 14th century
setInRegion Central Asia
structure two-part play
subjectMatter rise and fall of a Central Asian conqueror
theatreCompany Admiral’s Men
surface form: Admiral's Men
theme ambition and power
cruelty and tyranny
religious blasphemy and defiance
ruthless military conquest
the limits of human aspiration

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English Renaissance hasNotableWork Tamburlaine
Christopher Marlowe notableWork Tamburlaine
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine the Great
Christopher Marlowe notableWork Tamburlaine
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine, Part I
Christopher Marlowe notableWork Tamburlaine
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine, Part II
Tamburlaine mainCharacter Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine the Great
Tamburlaine part Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine the Great, Part I
Tamburlaine part Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tamburlaine the Great, Part II
Edward Alleyn performedRole Tamburlaine