The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre forms the basis for a largely-lost work by this author, titled The Massacre at Paris.
The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre forms the basis for a largely-lost work by this author, titled The Massacre at Paris. That work, along with his first play, Dido, Queen of Carthage, was among his historically based plays, including one where the title character burns the Koran and another about "The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of" this close friend of Piers Gaveston. Two lovers are separated by the Hellespont in Hero and Leander, which was written by this author, who also wrote the aforementioned Tamburlaine the Great and Edward II. His other dramas include one about the machinations of Ithamore and Barabas, as well as another about the title character's pact with Mephistopheles. FTP, name this 16th century English dramatist, author of Doctor Faustus and The Jew of Malta.
The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre forms the basis for a largely-lost work by this author, titled The Massacre at Paris.
Christopher {Marlowe}