The first regular English tragedy was Gorboduc, in blank verse,
The first great dramatist of the time was CHRISTOPHERMARLOWE.
The Jew of Malta Was written by Christophermarlowe
Another important work by Christopher Marlowe is Dr.Faustus
Who did Antonio borrow money from?
shylock
Who was a great dramatist who followed Shakespeare, but who was far below him?
benjamin Jonson
Rough verse: not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: like a rough draft.
Blank Verse: is a literary term that refers to verses written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.
TheSpanishTragedy is in some ways rather like Shakespeare’s Hamlet. A ghost appears, demanding revenge; but it appears to the father of a murdered son, not to the son of a murdered father, as in Hamlet.
The Spanish Tragedy (1592) by THOMAS KYD
famous works by Christopher Marlowe the jew of Malta and dr. faustus
who was born and educated at Stratford-on-Avon, married Anne
Hathaway in 1582, and later went to London, where he worked in a theatre. It is known that he was an actor and dramatist by 1592?
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (1594-5) is the first of Shakespeare’s great tragedies