Thought not Goethe [pron.
This playwright was the subject of Anthony Burgess' A Dead Man in Deptford, in which he was depicted as a homosexual spy. His own works includes a play in which a king brings Piers Gaveston from exile, only to end up dead himself. This author of (*) Edward II also wrote a play in which Abigail is poisoned with porridge. Besides writing about Barbaras, another of his plays concerns a Scythian shepherd. Thought not Goethe [pron. Gur-tah], he also wrote a play in which the title figure makes a deal with Mephistopheles. For 10 points, name this author of The Jew of Malta, Tamerlane, and Doctor Faustus.
This playwright was the subject of Anthony Burgess' A Dead Man in Deptford, in which he was depicted as a homosexual spy.
Christopher {Marlowe} [MB]