None of this play's principal characters even appear in its first act, which consists of King Mycetes of Persia ordering Theridamas to kill the title character.
None of this play's principal characters even appear in its first act, which consists of King Mycetes of Persia ordering Theridamas to kill the title character. In Act II, however, the protagonist convinces Theridamas to switch his allegiance, and proceeds to kill Mycetes as well as defeat and lock in a hanging iron cage the Sultan of Egypt, whose daughter and the hero are deeply in love. After giving his famous "sweet fruition of an earthly crown" speech, the hero wages war on and dethrones the mighty Emperor Bajazeth of Asia, then marries his love Zenocrate. Finally, destroyed by his growing hunger for power, the protagonist kills his Zenocrate and their son, and drinks himself to death. FTP, identify this tragedy in two parts by Christopher Marlowe about a 14th century Mongol warlord who conquered most of Asia.
None of this play's principal characters even appear in its first act, which consists of King Mycetes of Persia ordering Theridamas to kill the title character.
{Tamburlaine} the Great