Mar‧lowe, Chris‧to‧pher /ˈmɑːləʊ $ ˈmɑːr-, ˈkrɪstəfəʳ/
(1564–93) an English poet and writer of plays, best known for his plays Dr Faustus, Edward II, and Tamburlaine the Great, and who is thought by many people to have influenced the work of Shakespeare. He was killed in a fight in a tavern.

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