Theatre Survey
- Theatre Survey / Volume 18 / Issue 01 / May 1977, pp 1-29
- Copyright © American Society for Theatre Research 1977
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0040557400005172 (About DOI), Published online: 07 July 2009
Research Article
From Beast to Mad Beast: A Further Look at Tyrone Guthrie's Tamburlaine
James Maloon*
When Tyrone Guthrie rescued Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great from three centuries of theatrical oblivion, he raised several issues—some intentionally, some not—touching on the play's, and Marlowe's, adaptability to the modern stage and pertinence to the modern temper.
Footnotes
* James Maloon is Chairman of the Theatre and Dance Department at Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
