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    Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
    Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
    Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
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    Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1

    Written by Christopher Marlowe

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur 'the lame'. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London's public stage.

    Marlowe, generally considered the greatest of the University Wits, influenced playwrights well into the Jacobean period, and echoes of Tamburlaine's bombast and ambition can be found in English plays all the way to the Puritan closing of the theaters in 1642. While Tamburlaine is considered inferior to the great tragedies of the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean period, its significance in creating a stock of themes and, especially, in demonstrating the potential of blank verse in drama, are still acknowledged. (Summary by Wikipedia)

    CAST

    Prologue, Dramatis Personae, GOVERNOR OF DAMASCUS: Martin Geeson
    MYCETES, king of Persia; MAGNETES, Median lord; CAPOLIN, an Egyptian; A BASSO; ATTENDANT: Algy Pug
    COSROE, his brother: Bruce Pirie
    MEANDER, Persian lord: David Richardson
    THERIDAMAS, Persian lord: Timothy Ferguson
    ORTYGIUS, Persian lord: sparks0314
    CENEUS, Persian lord: DerekP
    MENAPHON, Persian lord: Alan
    TAMBURLAINE, a Scythian shepherd: David Goldfarb
    TECHELLES, follower of Tamburlaine: Readalot
    USUMCASANE, follower of Tamburlaine: Nigel Boydell
    BAJAZETH, emperor of the Turks: bish
    KING OF FEZ; KING OF MOROCCO; SOLDAN OF EGYPT; AGYDAS, Median lord: Marty Kris
    KING OF ARGIER: Jafbado
    KING OF ARABIA: Robert Scheid
    PHILEMUS, a spy: Sarah Crampton
    ZENOCRATE, daughter to the Soldan of Egypt: Sandra G
    ANIPPE, her maid: Availle
    ZABINA, wife to BAJAZETH: Amy Gramour
    EBEA, her maid: ChyAnne Donnell
    FIRST VIRGIN, VIRGINS: Elizabeth Klett
    SECOND VIRGIN, VIRGINS: Arielle Lipshaw
    Narrator: Tina Nuzzi

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights.

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