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Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.arlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death.
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Chris Farley Chris Farley. Christopher Crosby Chris Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live between 1990 and 1995.
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Dashiell Hammett Dashiell Hammett. Dashiell Hammett did not pen many novels, but the few he did pen have had a profound effect upon the crime-drama/mystery genre. His character Sam Spade, was the original hard-boiled detective and became the basis for such other characters as Philip Marlowe, and Mike Hammer.
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/ ; 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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- 0. 0. Christopher Lee, the actor who made a career out of playing villains, has passed away at the age of 93. To an older generation he's known best for playing Count Dracula from the 50s and 70s, as well as Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun.
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- Which is a bit of meta irony, because some people believe that Marlowe, who wrote Doctor Faustus, faked his death and wrote under the penname of… wait for it… William Shakespeare. In the film, Marlowe might as well have written Romeo and Juliet because he gives Shakespeare the whole basic plot: Romeo is Italian, always in and out of love.. The daughter of his enemy.. Best friend is killed in a duel..
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- William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/ ; 26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.hakespeare influenced novelists such as Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner, and Charles Dickens. The American novelist Herman Melville 's soliloquies owe much to Shakespeare; his Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick is a classic tragic hero, inspired by King Lear.
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- Dr. Faustus is a Renaissance tragedy written by the Cambridge scholar Christopher Marlowe. The full title of the play is “The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus”. It was adopted from a German story ‘Faust’ translated in English as The English Faust Book.
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- Christopher MARLOWE (1564 - 1593). The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.
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Facebook Twitter Google+ Share Linda Pisanoã¢â‚¬â„¢s costume for the Duke of Vanholt (played by Lea CoCo) in Marloweã¢â‚¬â„¢s Doctor Faustus at the Utah Shakespearean Fest. The costume was informed by primary research of the jerkin. Separating factual research from the evocative, and the uses of both. One of the greatest challenges for any practitioner in the performing arts is to create a believable and completely honest “world of the play,” no matter how abstract or obscure it might be to the modern eye.
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Sybil Christopher Sybil Christopher (27 March 1929 – 7 March 2013) was a Welsh actress, theatre director, and founder of popular celebrity New York nightclub Arthur.She first came into the public eye as the first wife of Richard Burton.ybil Christopher (27 March 1929 – 7 March 2013) was a Welsh actress, theatre director, and founder of popular celebrity New York nightclub Arthur.
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Introduction The poem was first published—or at least part of it was—in 1599 in a hodgepodge poetry collection called The Passionate Pilgrim, but people who have spent decades in libraries studying Marlowe think that it was likely written in the mid- to late 1580s, a few years before his death.
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Lady in the Lake  (1947) Lady in the Lake Photos. Movie Info. Robert Montgomery is the director and star of the film noir mystery Lady in the Lake, adapted for the screen by source novelist Raymond Chandler. Montgomery plays detective Philip Marlowe, a private eye who just wants to publish his own crime stories.
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- She was fond of the theater, and many of England's greatest playwrights were active during her reign, including Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare.
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Satire in The Devil & Tom Walker The fictional Geoffrey Crayon was listed as the book's author instead of Washington Irving. In the book, Geoffrey Crayon wanders around collecting and recording the stories that others tell him. 'The Devil and Tom Walker' is one of those stories.
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Christopher Marlowe The play was first published in 1594; the title page attributes the play to Marlowe and Thomas Nashe. Marlowe's first play performed on the regular stage in London, in 1587, was Tamburlaine the Great, about the conqueror Tamburlaine, who rises from shepherd to war-lord.
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Famous Elizabethan Period Playwrights and Plays Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. He was considered as the foremost Elizabethan tragedist, next to William Shakespeare, known for his blank verse and his overreaching protagonists. Marlowe was also a well-known atheist.
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- RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE. In 1945, Dick Powell portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the movie Murder My Sweet based on Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell My Lovely. This was a radical departure in character for Mr. Powell from a Hollywood song and dance man to a hard-boiled detective.
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Mark Twain Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a famous American writer. A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes..
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Christopher Marlowe Critics and scholars alike have praised his poetic dramas and innovation of blank verse. On 26 February 1564 at St George's, Canterbury, Christopher Marlowe was baptised, the same year Shakespeare was born.His father was John Marlowe, a cobbler, his mother Katherine. Though `Marlowe' is used now, the family's name had various spellings over the years.ritics and scholars alike have praised his poetic dramas and innovation of blank verse. On 26 February 1564 at St George's, Canterbury, Christopher Marlowe was baptised, the same year Shakespeare was born.
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The 100 best novels: No 54 â The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1929) The Maltese Falcon is the Hammett novel that jumps from the pages of its genre and into literature. It’s the book that introduces Sam Spade, the private detective who seduced a generation of readers, leading directly to Philip Marlowe.
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Introduction Petrarch 1304-1374. (Born Francesco Petracco; changed to Petrarca; also referred to as Francis Petrarch) Italian poet, philosopher, and biographer. One of the most prominent and influential poets in world literature, Petrarch is a major figure in humanist philosophy and the early Italian Renaissance.
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John Todd (occultist) John Wayne Todd (also known as John Todd Collins [1] , Lance Collins, and Christopher Kollyns [2]) was a speaker, occultist, and conspiracy theorist who claimed to have been born into a ' witchcraft family' before converting to Christianity (in 1972, by some accounts).
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Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve. For the similarly named actor who also played Superman, see George Reeves. Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author, activist and former sportsman. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, in particular.
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- The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story Faust. Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe's death and at least 10 years after the first performance of the play.
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Sybil Christopher, remembered by daughter Kate Burton The late theater producer Sybil Christopher, with then-husband Richard… (Associated Press). Sybil Christopher, who died last week in New York at 83, was a noted theater producer and the founder of Arthur, a Manhattan hot spot that attracted a ritzy celebrity clientele during the 1960s.he late theater producer Sybil Christopher, with then-husband Richard… (Associated Press). Sybil Christopher, who died last week in New York at 83, was a noted theater producer and the founder of Arthur, a Manhattan hot spot that attracted a ritzy celebrity clientele during the 1960s.