Marlowe Settles in London to Pursue Playwriting
Poet involved
What happened
After leaving Cambridge, Marlowe relocated to London, then the center of England's flourishing commercial theater, to pursue a career as a playwright rather than entering the clergy as his scholarship had intended. London's playhouses, including the Rose and Curtain theaters, gave him direct access to acting companies eager for new material.
Literary impact
The move placed Marlowe at the heart of the Elizabethan theatrical boom, giving him the audience and professional companies needed to stage Tamburlaine and the plays that followed. His break from a clerical path allowed him to devote himself fully to a career reshaping English drama.
Source: Wikipedia
