elizabethan playwrights

but also gives to the clown Touchstone the words "When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child, understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room. The Spanish Tragedy is one of the most famous plays of the Elizabethan Times. Marlowe is alleged to have been a government spy. There have been many conjectures as to the nature and reason for his death, including a vicious bar-room fight, blasphemous libel against the church, homosexual intrigue, betrayal by another playwright, and espionage from the highest level: the Privy Council of Elizabeth I. Lord, have mercy on us. [114], The Muse of Poetry, a bronze sculpture by Edward Onslow Ford references Marlowe and his work. Fletchers plays included The Faithful Shepherdess (c.1609), historical tragedy Bonduca (1614), the comedies The Chances (c.1617), an adaptation from Cervantes, The Tamer Tamed, adaptation of Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew, (1624), a political drama, The Loyal Subject (1618), and a tragedy, Valentinian (1610-1614). From.