{"product_id":"tamburlaine-playtext","title":"Tamburlaine Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the smash hits of the late 1580s and 90s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTamburlaine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eestablished blank verse as the poetic line of English Renaissance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edrama, Edward Alleyn as the first English star actor and Marlowe as one \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the foremost playwrights of his time. The rise and fall of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScythian peasant-warrior who conquers the Middle East and is struck \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edown by illness after burning the books of the Koran is presented in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etwo parts crammed with theatrical splendour and equally spectacular\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecruelty. Marlowe's original audiences were delighted with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblasphemous and ruthlessly ambitious hero; the introduction to this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eedition discusses the problems that such a character poses for modern \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaudiences and highlights the undercurrents of the play that lead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etowards a more ironic interpretation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450400522616,"sku":"9780713668148","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9780713668148.jpg?v=1770824490","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/tamburlaine-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}