Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2
Author: first_name: Christopher
last_name: Marlowe
Language: English
Year: 1590

<i>Tamburlaine the Great</i> is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur 'the lame'. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's <i>The Spanish Tragedy</i>, it may