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	Tamburlaine (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe.
		While Tamburlaine is considered inferior to the great tragedies of the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean period, its significance in creating a stock of themes and, especially, in demonstrating the potential of blank verse in drama, are still acknowledged.
		Tamburlaine's aspiration to immense power raises profound religious questions as he arrogates for himself a role as the 'scourge of God' (an epithet originally applied to Attila the Hun).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tamburlaine_(play) (1341 words)

	Esoteric numerology in Tamburlaine - Marlowe and the Cabala of Agrippa, Dee and Bruno
		Tamburlaine is explicitly likened to the sun in many lines, not as the sun itself, but an earthly sun, or a son of the sun.
		The wording of the epitaph, specifying Tamburlaine's forbiddance that the town be raised again, is interesting as it is perhaps indicative of Marlowe's 'atheistic' rejection of the church dogma of the resurrection of the body.
		Tamburlaine's followers are likened by Meander to, "the cruel brothers of the earth, Sprung from the teeth of dragons venemous," (Pt.1, 2, 2, 48).
	www.masoncode.com /Tamburlaine.htm (8040 words)

	National Theatre : Productions : Tamburlaine the Great (Parts I and II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Firstly, Tamburlaine the Great has always interested Peter Hall and is a play which is very rarely done in contemporary theatre - the last major performance of it was 25 years ago at the Old Vic with Sir Donald Wolfit in the main part.
		In proscenium arch theatres, the audience is often referred to as "the fourth wall", that is, the audience is looking in on a room and as such represents its fourth wall.
		For example one school of though believes that Tamburlaine is a supreme symbol of the Renaissance age of aspiration and discovery.
	www.nationaltheatre.org.uk /?lid=1632 (1224 words)

	Tamburlaine
		HE Scythian Shepherd, Tamburlaine, moved by an ambition far beyond the circumstances of his humble birth, had made himself leader of a gang of brigands that prey successfully on the rich merchant trains that cross Persia.
		Tamburlaine promptly falls in love with her and resolves, whether she will or no, to make her his empress when that happy time shall come.
		Part II of Tamburlaine, evidently written at a later date due to the immense popularity of Part I, details Tamburlaine's subsequent victories and inglorious death from illness.
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/marlowe003.html (499 words)

	Christopher Marlowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was one of the first popular English plays to use of blank verse, and along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it is often considered to mark the beginning of the mature phase of the Elizabethan theatre.
		One of these, the "Dutch church libel"[1], written in blank verse, contained allusions to several of Marlowe's plays and was signed "Tamburlaine." On 11 May the Privy Council ordered the arrest of those responsible for the libels.
		In November 2005, a production of Tamburlaine at the Barbican Arts Centre in London was accused of defering to Muslim sensibilities by amending a section of the play in which the title character burns the Koran and excoriates the prophet Muhammad; the sequence was changed so that Tamburlaine instead defiles books representing all religious texts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christopher_Marlowe (3695 words)

	Timur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alternative spellings of his name are: Temur, Taimur, Timur Lenk, Timur-i Leng, Temur-e Lang, Amir Timur, Aqsaq Timur, as well as the Latinized Tamerlane and Tamburlaine.
		Timur was born in Transoxiana, near Kesh (an area now better known as Shahr-e Sabz), 'the green city,' situated some 50 miles south of Samarkand in modern Uzbekistan.
		Timur Lenk was the subject of two plays (Tamburlaine the Great, Parts I and II) by English playwright Christopher Marlowe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tamburlaine (2935 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Tamburlaine wasn't censored
		I believe one reason my production of Tamburlaine became so successful was that it eschewed the normal shields-and-shouting masquerade in favour of a philosophically purer and harsher reading of the text.
		Greg Hicks' Tamburlaine was an existential free spirit encountering the inevitable nihilism of his own godless ambition.
		Tamburlaine is positing what Marlowe could never have proposed at that time without literally risking his neck.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1650390,00.html (693 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - 'Tamburlaine the Great ' by Christopher Marlowe
		Neither is Tamburlaine presented necessarily as a noble or even admirable figure, since the audience is not allowed to ignore the fact that he is the tyrant his enemies call him.
		Tamburlaine is undoubtedly the hero of the play, yet he is portrayed as something close to a ‘noble savage’; he is both barbarian and king and he is driven by very ignoble ambition.
		But Tamburlaine is defeated in other ways - he is forced to acknowledge the limits of his power when he cannot save Zenocrate from death, and he is faced with the failure of his ‘mettle’ when one of his sons proves to be a coward.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A694758 (2952 words)

	BookRags: Tamburlaine the Great Study Guide
		The plays are not a straightforward glorification of Tamburlaine's violent conquests, since Marlowe frequently highlights his protagonist's excessive brutality and hubris, or excessive pride.
		Alongside Tamburlaine's ceaseless conquests and their implications about war and politics run more general themes of desire, ambition, and power.
		Marlowe uses his portrayal of Tamburlaine's capture, betrothal, marriage, and ultimate loss of his wife Zenocrate, the daughter of the Egyptian "soldan," or sultan, to highlight these themes in another context, questioning the true nature of his hero's romantic passion.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-tamburlainegreat/?ref=fbn (439 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		And Tamburlaine is quite prepared to kill one of his own sons - "an effeminate brat" - with the same contempt he reserves for his foes.
		The grieving Tamburlaine, at her wasting death scene, conjures up an echo of his own eventual demise.
		Tamburlaine calls, as he dies, for a world map to see how much territory "the great Tartaric thief" has pinched.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /theatre/reviews/article321859.ece (458 words)

	theatreguidelondon-tamburlaine - 2005
		Tamburlaine overflows with speeches that fill the ear and must taste wonderful in the actors' mouths - names and places like Usumcasane, Zenocrate and Persepolis (Just try saying them out loud), and rafter-shaking boasts and curses.
		Half the time Tamburlaine doesn't even have to fight, the power of his boasts and threats cowing others into submission or winning them over as allies.
		I've always been a Hicks fan, admiring his ability to bring a reality to the most barely sketched-in of characters, but I had forgotten how very, very good a verse speaker he is. Hicks dominates the stage with the power of his acting just as his character conquers the world with his language.
	www.theatreguidelondon.co.uk /reviews/tamburlaine05.htm (465 words)

	The Daily Princetonian - New adaptation of classic 'Tamburlaine' brings sublime to suburbia
		"Tamburlaine" is the story of the title character, a lowly Scythian shepherd (played by Ben Beckley '03), who sets out to conquer the eastern world and win the love of Zenocrate, the daughter of the Sultan of Egypt (played by Joe Cermatori '05).
		While Tamburlaine controls the other characters with his rhetoric and forceful gestures, Josiah is able to break away from this aura and gain the ultimate power through his manipulation of the televisions, video cameras, and the surveillance system.
		Ultimately the experimental elements only demonstrate the universal nature of "Tamburlaine." Beckley points out that, even though it was written five centuries ago, "Tamburlaine" still has the ability to speak to the modern audience.
	www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2002/12/05/arts/6566.shtml (1145 words)

	Shotsmag Reviews - Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh
		Summoned by the Privy Council, he must track down an individual who calls himself Tamburlaine (after one of Marlowe's own characters) and who is leaving seditious messages posted around London.
		Tamburlaine swiftly moves from being a bill-sticker to a murderer.
		Tamburlaine Must Die is a brisk but elegant read which, though leaving us tantalisingly on the eve of Marlowe's own murder, underlines the skulduggery of this fascinating period.
	www.shotsmag.co.uk /reviews0704/tamburlaine.html (313 words)

	Tamburlaine, a CurtainUp London review
		Marlowe dramatises Tamburlaine's merciless subjugation of conquered peoples, for instance, the caging of the Ottoman Emperor, the slaughter of the Virgins of Damascus and the chariot pulled by kings.
		Rachael Stirling, too is wonderful as Tamburlaine's wife who sees eye to eye with him on the meting out of violence -- her voice deepening to a sonorous pitch and sounding like her mother Diana Rigg.
		Part Two features the exit of Tamburlaine's beloved wife and partner in gore, Zenocrate and for the first time he seems to be at a loss for words.
	www.curtainup.com /tamburlaine.html (865 words)

	Amazon.ca: Tamburlaine Must Die: Books: Louise Welsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The beginning of the end comes in the form of a messenger from the queen's Privy Council, summoning him back to the city from a comfortable ensconcement at his patron's country house.
		Turns out that heretical verses signed by Tamburlaine, his most famous (and famously ruthless) creation, have been turning up all over plague-decimated London in his absence.
		Tamburlaine Must Die is the vivid and addictive tale of thedeath of an imperilled man who dared to defy both God and state.
	www.amazon.ca /Tamburlaine-Must-Die-Louise-Welsh/dp/0006395740 (421 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Tamburlaine Must Die: Books: Louise Welsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Tamburlaine Must Die is a swashbuckling adventure story of a man who dares to defy both God and state and discovers that there are worse fates than damnation.
		Indeed, Marlowe's great plays ("Tamburlaine the Great," "The Jew of Malta," "Doctor Faustus," " Edward II") are classic in their complexities, as now some five centuries have proven.
		To be honest I didn't realise Tamburlaine was a real person - if you are reading this because you are intrested in the subject you may enjoy it.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Tamburlaine-Must-Die-Louise-Welsh/dp/1841956252 (1380 words)

	In The News: Tamburlaine the Great censored to avoid upsetting Muslims.
		Members of the audience also reported that key references to Muhammad had been dropped, particularly in the passage where Tamburlaine says that he is “not worthy to be worshipped”.
		Tamburlaine the Great was written not later than 1587.
		Thou art not worthy to be worshipped That suffers flames of fire to burn the writ Wherein the sum of thy religion rests.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about9496.html (1344 words)

	Book Reviews - Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh
		Tamburlaine Must Die is Louise Welsh's imagining of the last days of Christopher Marlowe's life in 1593.
		Someone writing in Marlowe's style and calling himself Tamburlaine (a hero in Marlowe's play) has published a libelous and heretical pamplet.
		Tamburlaine Must Die is only a novella, but is a fanciful thriller about a unsolved mystery and a 16th-century period piece.
	www.reviewsofbooks.com /tamburlaine_must_die (193 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Tamburlaine
		The tone of Marlowe's two-part Tamburlaine is almost uninterruptedly bombastic; what scant relief there is comes from the DcMille-like spectacles of battles, suicides, and a scene in which Tamburlaine's chariot is drawn by four captive kings.
		By staging a concert reading of Tamburlaine, Seltzer robbed himself of the visual splendor and seemed to sentence his audiences to a few hours of exposure to almost constant shouting.
		Since he does not have to act, he is freed from the gesturing and stamping about the stage that are usually used to underscore Tamburlaine's noisy speeches.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=147366 (664 words)

	Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welsh: Reviews
		All this is perfectly enjoyable, and Welsh is particularly good at conveying the feel of an Elizabethan London spooked by plague and plots.
		Every line of Tamburlaine Must Die is informed by a thorough grasp of not only the day-to-day of Marlowe's life but also a sympathetic willingness to imagine the in-between.
		To this reader, at least, the basic premise of Welsh's fiction -- that the playwright himself composed this text, which ends at sunrise on the morning of his death with "A Curse on Man and God" as an angry last testament -- is unconvincing.
	www.metacritic.com /books/authors/welshlouise/tamburlainemustdie (388 words)

	Strand Bookstore: Tamburlaine Must Die; by Louise Welsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		This is a swashbuckling adventure story of a man who dares to defy God and state and who discovers that there are worse fates than damnation.
		In 1593 London, the celebrated playwright Christopher Marlowe, author of TAMBURLAINE, is working on a new play when he is called upon to assist the Privy Council in its investigation of a murder.
		The killer seems to be Marlowe's rapacious hero, Tamburlaine, incarnate, and Marlowe knows he must track him down or die in the attempt.
	www.strandbooks.com /profile?isbn=1841956252 (247 words)

	BookRags: Tamburlaine the Great Study Guide
		Tamburlaine is famous for arousing a mixed reaction in his audiences.
		Discuss the reactions you think Tamburlaine is meant to inspire.
		Each BookRags Literature Study Guide is written by a subject expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the work.
	www.bookrags.com /studyguide-tamburlainegreat/topic.html (206 words)

	Tamburlaine Wines Welcome Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
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	www.tamburlaine.com.au /newtamburlaine/public/gwelcome.asp (115 words)

	Food and Wine Tours and Travel - Australia and New Zealand Vacations
		Tamburlaine’s Mark Davidson, said the company’s commitment to conservation went back to 1988 when it began a series of trials to add value to winery waste solids by processing them through windrow-style worm beds.
		In April 2000, Tamburlaine received a grant from the NSW Department of State and Regional Development to further investigate a cleaner production strategy, which led to a total waste management plan for vineyard and winery operations, and an overall environmental management system.
		Results to date include a vertical composting unit, a continuous-flow vermiculture unit, windrow worm beds, waste-water cleansing and re-use, reduction in packaging, and improvements with regard to chemical usage and storage.
	www.wine-region-tours.com /rites.php (256 words)

	Paperback - Tamburlaine Must Die - Canongate Home
		Under threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion is wholesale, severed heads grin from the spikes on Tower Bridge.
		Playwright, poet and spy, Christopher Marlowe walks the city's mean streets with just three days to find the murderous Tamburlaine, a killer escaped from the pages of his most violent play.
		Tamburlaine Must Die is the searing adventure of a man who dares to defy both God and the state and whose murder remains a taunting mystery to the present day.
	www.canongate.net /TamburlaineMustDie/Paperback (225 words)

	Hardback - Tamburlaine Must Die - Canongate Home
		Three days in which he confronts dangerous government factions, double agents, necromancy, betrayal and revenge in his search for the murderous Tamburlaine, a killer who has escaped from between the pages of Marlowe's most violent play.
		Tamburlaine Must Die is a swashbuckling adventure story of a man who dares to defy God and state and who discovers that there are worse fates than damnation.
		“Tamburlaine Must Die sets the seal on Welsh’s skills as a writer.
	www.canongate.net /TamburlaineMustDie/Hardback (260 words)

	Bristol Old Vic: What's On: Tamburlaine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Captivating, charismatic and chillingly calculating, Tamburlaine is a man to admire and to fear.
		Obsessed with elevating himself from his humble origins, he conquers lands and women with brutality and charm.
		Tamburlaine will be played by leading classical actor Greg Hicks, following his title roles in Macbeth at the RSC last year and Coriolanus in David Farr's production, also at the RSC.
	www.bristol-old-vic.co.uk /whatson/mainhouse.php?show=169 (300 words)

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