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Christopher Marlowe: Edward Ii
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[One] area of speculation in Marlowe’s life is his sexuality. The question of whether or not he was gay is most often tied to same-sex love themes in his poetry and plays. The clearest example of this is in Edward II, which follows a monarch who rejects his queen in favor of a male lover.
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Marlowe was the first to turn the Faustian myth into a morality play; it remains an apogee of Elizabethan drama. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. XIX, Part 2. Edward the Second
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Marlowe represents homoerotic situations and incidents in his plays and poems more frequently and more variously than any other major writer of his day. His representations range from the lyrical idealization of youthful male beauty in Hero and Leander to the literally sodomitic murder of the king in Edward II.
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The upcoming play 'Upstart Crows' written by Mike Punter centres around the life of Marlowe, Edward Alleyn, Jack Alleyn and other characters that centre around their lives. Its first performance is at the Edward Alleyn theatre in Dulwich College in November 2007, and it goes on from there to be performed in the 2008 Edinburgh fringe festival.
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