The complete online text of The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe.

The English dramatist Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was the first English playwright to reveal the full potential of dramatic blank verse and the first to exploit the tragic implications of Renaissance humanism. Although a number of English dramatists...

The achievement of Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist, was enormous—surpassed only by that of his exact contemporary William Shakespeare. A few months the elder, Marlowe was usually the leader, although Shakespeare was able to bring his art to...

The achievement of Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist, was enormous--surpassed only by that of his exact contemporary, Shakespeare. A few months the elder, Marlowe was usually the leader, although Shakespeare was able to bring his art to a higher pe...