Still of John Hurt and Christopher Marlowe in Isgyvena tik mylintys (2013)
Caption: Still of John Hurt and Christopher Marlowe in Isgyvena tik mylintys (2013)
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Born: February 23, 1564
Star sign: Pisces
Known for: Lesson Faust (1994), Edward II (1991), Doctor Faustus (1967), Edward II (1970)
Source: IMDB
Born the son of a shoe-maker two months before the birth of another famous playwright, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe achieved fame as an Elizabethan dramatist as well as an atheist. He was killed in a tavern brawl by a former friend, allegedly over a bill. There is now some evidence that suggests his death was in fact an assassination.