Biographical plays about royalty

thumb|right|An Marlowe portrait|anonymous portrait, often believed to show Christopher Marlowe. [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.]] Tamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor Timur (Tamerlane/Timur the Lame, d. 1405). Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas

Roman tragedy traditionally attributed to Seneca

play by Marlowe

play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen

1825 play by Franz Grillparzer