The Two parts of Tamburlaine the Great

<p>Episode 99:</p><p>Marlowe’s ‘Tamburlaine the Great’ is a play in two parts, an early example of a writer responding to popular acclaim by giving his audience more of the same, but for all of that mercenary motivation, and the fact that the first part was conceived as a stand-alone piece, they do work well as a conjoined piece.</p><p>The history of the printed plays and the introduction by the printer Richard Jones.</p><p>A summary of the plot of part one of the play.</p><p>The relationship of the play to the historical Timor.</p><p>A summary of the plot of part two of the play.</p><p>The position and influence of God in the plays.</p><p>Marlowe’s attitude to his protagonist and how the audience might have received him.</p><p>Tamburlaine as violent and bloody theatre.</p><p>The themes of power and ambition in the plays.</p><p>Tamburlaine’s familial relationships and the psychological study of his motivations.</p><p>The mixing of the personal and the political as a focal point of the play.</p><p>Support the podcast at:</p><p>www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com</p><p>www.ko-fi.com/thoetp</p><p>www.patreon.com/thoetp</p><br/><br/>This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: <br/><br/>Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy