England: Supposed portrait of Christopher Marlowe (1564 – 1593), poet, playwright and translator. The 'Corpus Christi Portrait', oil on canvas, dated 1585

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.

He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death.

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