Summary: <strong>Christopher Marlowe</strong>, (baptized Feb. 26, 1564, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Canterbury-England" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canterbury</a>, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Kent-county-England" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kent</a>, Eng.—died May 30, 1593, Deptford, near London), <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/Elizabethan-literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elizabethan</a> poet and Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/dramatic-literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">drama</a>, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/blank-verse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blank verse</a>. <em>--Bio via Britannica.com. </em><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
