Nay, could their numbers countervail the stars, Or ever-drizzling drops of April showers, Or wither'd leaves that autumn shaketh down, Yet would the Soldan by his conquering power So scatter and consume them in his rage, That not a man should live to rue their fall.

For the Elizabethans what is often today termed homosexual or bisexual was more likely to be recognised as a sexual act rather than an exclusive sexual orientation and identity. 1593 unfiniChristopher Marlowed; completed by George Chapman 1598)


Fictional works about Marlowe
Wilbur G. In Hamlet after meeting with the travelling actors Hamlet requests the Player perform a speech about the Trojan War which at 2.

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. Christopher Marlowe (baptised on 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.