He fictionalized the role of the Duc du Guise in the Saint Bartholemew's Day Massacre in his play The Massacre at Paris, and Hamlet at one point discusses this author's Dido, Queen of Carthage. He digresses into a discussion of why scholars are poor in his version of the story of Hero and Leander, but he is better known for a play about a man who learns magic from Valdes and Cornelius and summons Helen of Troy. For 10 points, identify this author
He fictionalized the role of the Duc du Guise in the Saint Bartholemew's Day Massacre in his play The Massacre at Paris, and Hamlet at one point discusses this author's Dido, Queen of Carthage. He digresses into a discussion of why scholars are poor in his version of the story of Hero and Leander, but he is better known for a play about a man who learns magic from Valdes and Cornelius and summons Helen of Troy. For 10 points, identify this author who wrote of a pact with Mephistopheles in the play Doctor Faustus.
He fictionalized the role of the Duc du Guise in the Saint Bartholemew's Day Massacre in his play The Massacre at Paris, and Hamlet at one point discusses this author's Dido, Queen of Carthage.
Christopher Marlowe