What would they write about, especially if they were a contemporary of Shakespeare? A few weeks ago, I found out exactly what they would write about. Marlowe's Tamburlaine showcased as the first play performed in the Washington's Shakespeare Theater Company's brand new space, the Harman theater.
The production was wonderful, and quite a feat, because the story follows a shepherd become Emperor and most of the scenes are his acts of conquering and plundering. The story though, mostly about a brutish warrior, who's company men do terrible things to those who plead not be annhilated (not surrender, they figure he'll overrun them-but just wanted to be spared the burning, pillaging, raping and killing), is something that one might imagine may come from the imagination of a hot-headed twenty-young year old playwright. Interesting to watch anyway, but not as engaging as Shakespeare's classic and complex works. Which makes me the think the bard was never one person anyway.
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