Christopher Marlowe: - Christopher Marlowe, (baptized Feb. 26, 1564, Canterbury, Kent, Eng.—died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London) - He was the greatest dramatist before Shakespeare. - Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.
Notable Works: - Doctor Faustus, - The Jew of Malta, - Tamburlaine the Great - Dido, - Queen of Carthage” - Edward II