A Shepherd Rises to Power in Christopher Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine the Great”
The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 19, 2014
Jeffrey Horowitz and John Douglas Thompson discuss their new production of Christopher Marlowe’s epic,"Tamburlaine the Great." A thrilling play about conquest, the plot revolves around a Scythian shepherd of ferocious will who rises to power to become king of half the world. First performed in 1587 to wildly popular acclaim, the last major New York production of "Tamburlaine" was in 1956 on Broadway. Horowitz is founding artistic director of Theater for a New Audience and Thompson is the star of the production. "Tamburlaine the Great" is playing through January 4th at Theater for a New Audience.
