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Tamburlaine archiveAn all-women company play Tamburlaine, his friends, his enemies, and his sons, travelling to the heart of identity and power, and challenging the nature masculinity and violence. What makes a king? What makes a father? What makes a man? In a play filled with princesses, wives, and sacrificial virgins, what forms of power can women wield in the face of oppression and war? In the modern world, where chemical weapons and reckless referendums are means to cling on to power; where retaliatory air strikes are applauded as strength; where social justice is a luxury that must give way to economic expansionism; Tamburlaine will hold a mirror up to the cruelties within ourselves. Marlowe is known as the father of English tragedy. But his radical ideas of history, religion, morality, and poetic justice will be provocative to those familiar with Shakespeare. Even his later play, Doctor Faustus, will be considered tame compared to Tamburlaine, which questions the very meaning of theatre, and whether it should console or disrupt.

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Author: Christopher Marlowe

Archive listings for Tamburlaine

Work type: Play.

Adapted from the Original - T01952218837

Ambition. Subjugation. Immortality. Yellow Earth Theatre presents Christopher Marlowe's thrilling, controversial, and at times darkly comical story of Tamburlaine, the Scythian shepherd who rises to power through violence to conquer Central Asia, the Middle East, and half of Europe.Company Yellow Earth Theatre Company. Director Ng Choon Ping. Adapted by Ng Choon Ping. Design Moi Tran. Design Gillian Tan (video design). Director Rose Ryan (movement director). DramaturgStewart Melton. Producer Kumiko Mendl (creative producer). Performer Melody Brown. Performer Lourdes Faberes. Performer Fiona Hampton. Performer Susan Hingley. Performer Amanda Maud. Performer Leo Wan. Performer Joji Hirota (live taiko drumming).
21 Apr 17Old Rep, Birmingham :: V147
listing details L1183519237
13 Apr 17 to 15 Apr 17OFS Studio (previously known as Old Fire Station Theatre), Oxford :: V800
listing details L413365749
15 Mar 17 to 8 Apr 17Arcola, Inner London :: V1422226940
listing details L065766538
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