Christopher Marlowe's Poems

Works of Marlowe in performance

Poster for the 1937, New York WPA Federal Theatre Project production of Doctor Faustus

Radio

  • BBC Radio broadcast adaptations of Marlowe's six plays from May to October 1993.[122]

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company

  • Dido, Queen of Carthage, directed by Kimberly Sykes, with Chipo Chung as Dido. Swan Theatre, 2017.[123]
  • Tamburlaine the Great, directed by Terry Hands, with Anthony Sher as Tamburlaine. Swan Theatre, 1992; Barbican Theatre, 1993.[124][125]
  • Tamburlaine the Great directed by Michael Boyd, with Jude Owusu as Tamburlaine. Swan Theatre, 2018.[126]
  • The Jew of Malta, directed by Barry Kyle, with Jasper Britton as Barabas. Swan Theatre, 1987; People's Theatre, and Barbican Theatre, 1988.[127][128]
  • The Jew of Malta, directed by Justin Audibert, with Jasper Britton as Barabas. Swan Theatre, 2015.[129]
  • Edward II, directed by Gerard Murphy, with Simon Russell Beale as Edward. Swan Theatre, 1990.[130]
  • Doctor Faustus, directed by John Barton, with Ian McKellen as Faustus. Nottingham Playhouse and Aldwych Theatre, 1974, and Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1975.[131][132]
  • Doctor Faustus directed by Barry Kyle with Gerard Murphy as Faustus, Swan Theatre and Pit Theatre, 1989.[130][132]
  • Doctor Faustus directed by Maria Aberg, with Sandy Grierson and Oliver Ryan sharing the roles of Faustus and Mephistophilis. Swan Theatre and Barbican Theatre, 2016.[133]

Royal National Theatre

Royal National Theatre

  • Tamburlaine, directed by Peter Hall, with Albert Finney as Tamburlaine. Olivier Theatre, 1976.[124]
  • Dido, Queen of Carthage, directed by James McDonald with Anastasia Hille as Dido. Cottesloe Theatre, 2009.[134][135]
  • Edward II, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, with John Heffernan as Edward. Olivier Theatre, 2013.[136]

Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's Globe

  • Dido, Queen of Carthage, directed by Tim Carroll, with Rakie Ayola as Dido, 2003.[137]
  • Edward II, directed by Timothy Walker, with Liam Brennan as Edward, 2003.[138]

Malthouse Theatre

The Marlowe Sessions[139][140]

  • Dido, Queen of Carthage, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Stephen Unwin, with Thalissa Teixeira as Dido, 2022.[141]
  • Tamburlaine The Great, Part 1, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Phillip Breen, with Alan Cox as Tamburlaine, 2022.[142]
  • The Jew Of Malta, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Stephen Unwin, with Adrian Schiller as Barrabus, 2022.
  • Tamburlaine The Great, Part 2, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Phillip Breen, with Alan Cox as Tamburlaine, 2022.
  • Edward The Second, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Abigail Rokison, with Jack Holden as Edward II, 2022.
  • The Massacre At Paris, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Abigail Rokison, with Michael Maloney as Guise, 2022.
  • Dr Faustus, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Phillip Breen, with Dominic West as Faustus and Talulah Riley as Mephistopheles, 2022.[143]
  • The Poetry of Christopher Marlowe, Directed/Produced by Ray Mia, Performance direction by Philip Bird, read by Jack Holden, Fisayo Akinade and Philip Bird, 2022.

Other stage

  • Tamburlaine. Yale University, 1919.[144]
  • Tamburlaine, directed by Tyrone Guthrie, with Donald Wolfit as Tamburlaine. The Old Vic, 1951.[144]
  • Doctor Faustus, co-directed by Orson Welles and John Houseman, with Welles as Faustus and Jack Carter as Mephistopheles. Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 1937.[144]
  • Doctor Faustus, directed by Adrian Noble. Royal Exchange, 1981.[144]
  • Edward II, directed by Toby Robertson, with John Barton as Edward. Cambridge, 1951.[130]
  • Edward II, directed by Toby Robertson, with Derek Jacobi as Edward. Cambridge, 1958.[130]
  • Edward II, directed by Toby Robertson, with Ian McKellen as Edward. Assembly Rooms, 1969.[130][145]
  • Edward II, directed by Jim Stone, Washington Stage Company, 1993;[146]
  • Edward II, directed by Jozsef Ruszt. Budapest, 1998;[146]
  • Edward II, directed by Michael Grandage, with Joseph Fiennes as Edward. Crucible Theatre, 2001.[144]
  • The Massacre in Paris, directed by Patrice Chéreau. France, 1972.[147]

Stage adaptations

  • Edward II, Phoenix Society, London, 1923.[148]
  • Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England, by Bertolt Brecht (the first play he directed). Munich Chamber Theatre, Germany, 1924.[148]
  • The Life of Edward II of England, by Marlowe and Bertold Brecht, directed by Frank Dunlop. National Theatre, 1968.[148]
  • Edward II, adapted as a ballet, choreographed by David Bintley. Stuttgart Ballet, 1995. [147]
  • Doctor Faustus, additional text by Colin Teevan, directed by Jamie Lloyd, with Kit Harington as Faustus. Duke of York's Theatre, 2016.[149][150]
  • Faustus, That Damned Woman by Chris Bush, directed by Caroline Byrne. Lyric Theatre, 2020.[151]

Film

  • Doctor Faustus, based on Nevill Coghill's 1965 production, adapted for Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, 1967.[144]
  • Edward II, directed by Derek Jarman, 1991.[144]
  • Faust, with some Marlowe dialogue, directed by Jan Švankmajer, 1994.[144]

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