Verse play · 1587

Tamburlaine the Great: Part 1

by Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe's first great play, in blank verse, follows the Scythian shepherd Tamburlaine from his seizure of the Persian crown to his triumph over Bajazeth, the Soldan of Egypt and the city of Damascus.

Contents · 18 parts

• Prologue8 lines
• Act I, Scene 1about 200 lines
• Act I, Scene 2about 260 lines
• Act II, Scene 171 lines
• Act II, Scene 278 lines
• Act II, Scene 369 lines
• Act II, Scene 446 lines
• Act II, Scene 5about 110 lines
• Act II, Scene 642 lines
• Act II, Scene 770 lines
• Act III, Scene 170 lines
• Act III, Scene 2about 120 lines
• Act III, Scene 3about 290 lines
• Act IV, Scene 175 lines
• Act IV, Scene 2about 130 lines
• Act IV, Scene 370 lines
• Act IV, Scene 4about 140 lines
• Act V, Scene 1about 560 lines

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