British tragedy plays

play by Christopher Marlowe

play by Christopher Marlowe

Play by Thomas Kyd

tragedy written by John Ford

musical by Willy Russell

1623 tragedy by John Webster

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

play by Christopher Marlowe

English play from 1561

play by Marlowe

tragedy by John Milton

1612 play by John Webster

play probably mistakenly attributed to Shakespeare

play

Blasted is the first play by the British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London.

1607 play written by Thomas Middleton

play written by Sarah Kane

drama by John Dryden

English tragedy play

play by Joseph Addison

play written by Thomas Heywood

play by Thomas Otway

play written by Thomas Dekker

play written by Lord Byron

play (probably mistakenly) attributed to Shakespeare