Tamburlaine
E163583
Tamburlaine is a landmark Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe that dramatizes the ruthless rise and fall of a Central Asian conqueror.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamburlaine canonical | 2 |
| Tamburlaine the Great | 2 |
| Tamburlaine the Great, Part I | 1 |
| Tamburlaine the Great, Part II | 1 |
| Tamburlaine, Part I | 1 |
| Tamburlaine, Part II | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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
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innovative use of blank verse on the Elizabethan stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a secular, anti-Christian hero
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portrayal of an overreaching conqueror ⓘ spectacular scenes of violence ⓘ |
| originalTheatre | Rose Theatre ⓘ |
| part |
Tamburlaine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great, Part I
Tamburlaine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great, Part II
|
| printedIn |
London, England
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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
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surface form:
Admiral's Men
|
| theme |
ambition and power
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cruelty and tyranny ⓘ religious blasphemy and defiance ⓘ ruthless military conquest ⓘ the limits of human aspiration ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine, Part I
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine, Part II
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great, Part I
this entity surface form:
Tamburlaine the Great, Part II