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Theatre, 1956, February,04
Clurman, Harold | February 4, 1956 issue

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The article focuses on the play "Tamburlaine the Great," by Christopher Marlowe. It is a play, which despite its faults possesses greatness. "Tamburlaine" is a powerful, moving work in its own right. Presented in 1587, it might be called the first modern drama. It is modern in the sense that it shows the self-made man, the superman of the egomaniac individualist's dream, to be as vulnerable a vessel as even the "common" man. Tamburlaine is a hero, not a villain, despite the savagery of his martial temperament. Marlowe admires him, identifies himself with him. That is why Marlowe makes him sensitive to beauty, capable of tenderness, humane in grief, honest with his captains and a kindly father.

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TAMBURLAINE the Great (Theatrical production); MARLOWE, Christopher, 1564-1593; DRAMA; THEATER; PERSONALITY; PERFORMING arts
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