Tamburlaine the Great (Parts 1 and 2)

Tamburlaine the Great (Parts 1 and 2)

    Author: Christopher Marlowe

    First Performance: c.1587, London

    Published: 1590

    Genre: Trag. in 2 parts, each 5 acts; blank verse

    Setting: Persia, Damascus, Babylon, and other locations in the Middle East, late 14th c.

    Cast: 43m, 5f, extras

    Part 1. Formerly a Scythian shepherd, Tamburlaine is now a brigand chief who robs travellers. In order to rid his kingdom of this Tartar robber, Mycetes, King of Persia, sends out an army under the leadership of Theridamas. Meanwhile, Cosroe, Mycetes' brother, plots the overthrow of Mycetes. Tamburlaine persuades Theridamas to join forces with him and goes on to defeat first Mycetes, then Cosroe, to become King of Persia himself. Bajazeth, Emperor of Turkey, goes to war against Tamburlaine, but is captured and...

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