Tamburlaine the Great / Christopher Marlowe ; edited by J.S. Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593

Contributor:

Cunningham, J. S. (Joseph Sandy)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Revels plays

The Revels plays

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Timur, 1336-1405--Drama.

Timur.

Timur, 1336-1405.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

When first presented before Elizabethan audiences, Tamburlaine met with considerable popular approval but over the centuries since then it has seen few professional performances until Sir Peter Hall's recent National Theatre production, which was the first with a virtually full text.

This fully annotated version, with parts one and two in a single volume, is the first scholarly edition to appear for over 50 years and takes account of the recent work on Marlowe which has significantly enriched our understanding of the dramatist and his period. The text is related to contemporary theatrical conventions and conditions, and offers a critical account of the play closely attuned to a sense of theatre. Aspects of the play discussed include its response to 'Machiavellian' ideas and the degree to which its sensational violence can provoke laughter from the audience. A full survey of recent criticism is included and a brief biography of Marlowe.

Contents:

1 Christopher Marlowe 1

2 Authorship 6

4 From performance to publication 20

5 From notoriety to criticism 31

6 The play 44

7 Stage revivals 83

8 The text 85

Tamburlaine the Great 107

Appendix Source Material 318.

Notes:

"First published by Manchester University Press 1981."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

071903096X

OCLC:

41661286