Christopher Marlowe:more details and links
An Elizabethan poet and playwright who revolutionized English drama with his mighty line of blank verse. He was Shakespeare’s greatest contemporary and influence.
Marlowe was a scholar at Cambridge and a suspected government spy. His plays featured overreaching Machiavellian protagonists like Doctor Faustus and Tamburlaine. His life was shrouded in scandal, including accusations of atheism and brawling. He was a pioneer of tragedy, bringing a new level of intellectual and poetic ambition to the stage. His career was tragically brief, yet he fundamentally altered the course of English literature, providing the structural and linguistic blueprint that Shakespeare would eventually perfect during the late 16th century.
Life story:Deptford, London; stabbed in the eye during a tavern brawl over a bill.
Wikipaedia Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe