George Chapman finished this writer's poem about a lover who nearly drowns swimming across the Hellespont titled "Hero and Leander." In a play by this man, the title character burns a copy of the Qu'ran after conquering Babyl
George Chapman finished this writer's poem about a lover who nearly drowns swimming across the Hellespont titled "Hero and Leander." In a play by this man, the title character burns a copy of the Qu'ran after conquering Babylon and becoming emperor of Persia. The most famous play by this writer of (*) Tamburlaine sees one character poison his daughter Abigail and opens with a parody of Machiavelli. In that play, the title character alternately betrays the Christians and the Turks before falling in a boiling cauldron. The merchant Barrabas is the title character of, for 10 points, what playwright's The Jew of Malta?
George Chapman finished this writer's poem about a lover who nearly drowns swimming across the Hellespont titled "Hero and Leander.
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