Percy E. Pinkerton summarised Marlowe’s significance at home and abroad in his 1885 edition of his works: "Marlowe has not yet got the ear of Europe. In England even, few comparatively give him high regard ; abroad, he still counts as a barbarian. Germans may sympathize, perhaps, with one who…
Christopher Marlowe has had his own rose since 2002. It was bred by English rose breeder David C. H. Austin and belongs to the English rose Leander hybrid. The colour of the rosette-shaped flowers varies from orange-red, unusual for English roses, to salmon pink.1 Austin, David. 2022. “Christopher Marlowe Rose.”…
The fact that the general public still regards Marlowe as a pioneer for the acceptance of same-sex love, especially in connection with Edward II, is due in part to director Derek Jarman, although he did not intend it to be so. He had already made a much acclaimed film in…
Put simply, the Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270) regarded the pursuit of pleasure as the basis of human existence, whereby "pleasure" is not to be synonymous with sensual pleasures, but with inner peace that can be achieved through reason, moderation and virtue. An important point was also the elimination of fear,…
Harald Karlström came to the conclusion in 1928 that Christopher Marlowe was not suitable as a fictional character. "Wenn wir uns zuletzt mit der Frage beschäftigen, ob Marlowe eine passende Gestalt für ein Drama ist, muss man dieses bezweifeln. Weil wenig von Marlowes äusserem Schicksale überliefert worden ist, kann er…
Marlowe made only two excursions into the musical world. Unfortunately, I could hardly find out anything about either of them, let alone a recording. Herbert Bedford set to music in 1898 W. L. Courtney drama Kit Marlowe’s Dead (1890). The musical Marlowe by Jim Horowitz and Leo Rost saw just…
Between 1592 and 1596, Thomas Nashe and Gabriel Harvey engaged in a literary dispute in several works. Apart from an unflattering remark about Richard Harvey mentioned by Nashe in 1596 in Have With You To Saffron-Walden, Or, Gabriell Harveys hunt is up, Marlowe is unlikely to have intervened in the…
Philip Henslowe’s diary is considered one of the most important contemporary sources of information on Elizabethan theatre. The book measures 33.66 x 20.32 centimetres and contained 242 pages today. It originally belonged to John Henslowe, who used it as an account book for his timber and mining business in Ashdown…
Towards the end of the Victorian era, Marlowe achieved great popularity in England. To do justice to this, a memorial was to be erected in Canterbury. A committee was formed to finance the project, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Henry Irving, Sir Sidney Lee, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Robert Browning.1 The…
Obituary (1593-1642) Almost 50 years passed between Marlowe’s death and the closing of the theatres by the Puritans. During this period, his plays continued to be performed, his works were paraphrased by other writers, and the dramas and Hero and Leander went into print in several editions. Marlowe’s oeuvre by…
