Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama লেখক ও তাদের সাহিত্যকর্মের পরিচিতি

1. Doctor Faustus

• Writer: Christopher Marlowe (1564-93)
• Full Name: Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe.
• Published date: 1604
• Original title: The tragicall history of the life and death of Doctor Faustus.
• Genre: Morality play
• Protagonist: Doctor Faustus
• Antagonist: Mephistophilis

2. Macbeth

• Writer: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• Full name: William Shakespeare
• Published date: 1623
• Original title: The Tragedie of Macbeth
• Genre: Tragedy 
• Protagonist: Macbeth
• Antagonist: Macduff

3. The Merchant of Venice

• Writer: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• Full name: William Shakespeare
• Published date: 1600
• Original title: A book of the Merchant of Venice.
• Genre: Romantic comedy/ Tragicomedy.
• Protagonist: Antonio
• Antagonist: Shylock

4. Volpone

• Writer: Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
• Full name: Benjamin Jonson
• Published date: 1607
• Original title: Volpone; or, The Fox,
• Genre: Comedy of Humour/ Beast fable 
• Protagonist: Volpone 
• Antagonist: Mosca

5. The Duchess of Malfi

• Writer: John Webster ( 1578-1632)
• Full Name: John Webster
• Published date: 1623
• Original title: The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy.
• Genre: Revenge tragedy/ Melodrama.
• Protagonist: The Duchess 
• Antagonist: Ferdinand and the Cardinal