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He was elected to the King’s School Canterbury at the age of fourteen, and within two years had secured a scholarship which took him to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was supposedly destined for a career in the Anglican Church. He successfully completed his BA examinations in 1584, and continued his studies as a candidate for the MA. During this period his absences from Cambridge stirred rumours that he was about to flee to the Catholic seminary at Rheims in France . In 1587 the Privy Council took the unusual step of persuading the University authorities to grant Marlowe his MA since he had been employed ‘in matters touching the benefit of his country’; this has fuelled speculation that he was working as a government agent .  \nMarlowe probably began his writing career at Cambridge, composing translations of Ovid’s Amores, and Lucan’s Pharsalia, as well as producing Dido, Queen of Carthage for the Children of the Chapel in 1586 (possibly co-written with Thomas Nashe) . In 1587–8 he acquired his reputation as one of the leading new talents on the London stage with Tamburlaine the Great. His finest play, Doctor Faustus, was written in 1588–9, and was followed by The Jew of Malta ( c . 1590), Edward the Second and The Massacre at Paris (both c . 1592) . The erotic epyllion Hero and Leander was probably written in 1592–3 when the plague forced the theatres to close .  \nThroughout this period, Marlowe was frequently in trouble with the authorities, though for his actions and not his play-writing. He and the poet Thomas Watson were briefly imprisoned in September 1589 for their involvement in the death of William Bradley; in 1592 Marlowe was deported from Flushing, Holland, having been implicated in a counterfeiting scheme . He acquired a dangerous reputation as an atheist, and the following year he was summoned to appear before the Privy Council on charges of blasphemy, arising from evidence provided by Thomas Kyd, the author of the hugely popular play The Spanish Tragedy. Several days later, on 30 May 1593, Christopher Marlowe was fatally stabbed in Deptford.  \nFRANK ROMANY was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he also taught for some years. He was until September 2003 Lecturer and Tutor in English at St John’s College, Oxford. He has published on Shakespeare and is at work on a book on John Milton .  \nROBERT LINDSEY is the Associate Editor of the journal Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England. He has edited Marlowe’s Edward the Second and has completed a new edition of the plays of John Webster . He is a lecturer in Classical Acting at the Central School of  \nSpeech and Drama, London .  \nCHRISTOPHER MARLOWE  \nThe Complete Plays  \nEdited by FRANK ROMANY and ROBERT LINDSEY  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPublished by the Penguin Group  \nPenguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England  \nPenguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2  \nPenguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi – 110 017, India Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank 2196, South Africa  \nPenguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England  \n[www.penguin.com](www.penguin.com)  \nFirst published 2003  \n9  \nEditorial material copyright © Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey, 2003 All rights reserved  \nThe moral rights of the editors have been asserted  \nExcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publis","cbCairiAU23JC5CI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairiAU23JC5CI","pdf",2903164,722,"English","# Preface\n# Chronology\n# Introduction\n# ‘The Baines Note’\n# Further Reading\n# A Note on the Texts\n# DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE\n# Tamburlaine the Great\n## Part One\n## Part Two\n# The Jew of Malta\n# Doctor Faustus\n# Edward the Second\n# The Massacre at Paris\n# Appendix: The Massacre at Paris, Scene 19\n# Notes\n# Glossary\n# List of Mythological, Historical and Geographical Names","[{\"question\":\"What does the preface say about the edition of Marlowe’s plays?\",\"answer\":\"The preface states that the book is an edition of seven plays attributed to Marlowe, with texts edited from the earliest printed editions and fully modernized.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does this edition include only one version of Doctor Faustus?\",\"answer\":\"Although two versions (A- and B-texts) are commonly printed, the editors include only the A-text, believing the B-text is largely a later post-Marlovian adaptation.\"},{\"question\":\"How are difficult words and allusions supported for readers?\",\"answer\":\"Unfamiliar, obsolete, or obscure words are explained in the Glossary, while allusions to named people and places are supported through the List of Mythological, Historical and Geographical Names and further referenced in the Notes.\"}]","The Complete Plays - Christopher Marlowe | PDF",1789772940,1112]