What event allowed mainstream theater companies to commission and perform work that was politically, socially, and sexually controversial without fear of censorship ?
A. the abolition of the Lord Chamberlain’s office in 1968
B. the illegal performance of work by Howard Brenton and Edward Bond
C. the collapse of liberal humanist consensus in the late 1960s
D. the foundation of the Field Day Theater Company in 1980
Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?
A. Zhu Yuanzhang
B. Genghis Khan
C. Timur
D. Kublai Khan
In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?
A. Lazarus
B. Solomon
C. Barabas
D. Shylock
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Kyd
C. John Dryden
D. John Donne
Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?
A. Henry V
B. Richard III
C. Edward II
D. John
One of Marlowe’s most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?
A. Anthony and Cleopatra
B. Hero and Leander
C. Troilus and Cressida
D. Apollo and Hyacinth