Tamburlaine production photographs_ 2018_2018_Photo by Ellie Kurttz _c_ RSC_259090

Tamburlaine

Christopher Marlowe

A portrait of absolute power at its most charismatic and violent.

I mean to be a terror to the world

A portrait of absolute power at its most charismatic and violent, Tamburlaine was one of the first big hits of the English stage.

Tamburlaine is a poor shepherd who rises to power to live out his blood-soaked fantasy of conquering the world. His extravagant savagery shows what horror can result when unlimited political libido is let loose upon the world.