[PAR] [TLE] Marlowe (musical) [SEP] Marlowe is a 1981 musical with a book by Leo Rost, lyrics by Rost and Jimmy Horowitz, and music by Horowitz.  Despite a claim in the "Playbill" that "the story of this drama is essentially true and accurate," much of it is a fictionalized account of the life of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. [PAR] [TLE] Christopher Marlowe [SEP] Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.  Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.  He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death.  Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists.
[PAR] [TLE] Marlowe ( musical ) [ SEP ] Marlowe is a 1981 musical with a book by Leo Rost , lyrics by Rost and Jimmy Horowitz , and music by Horowitz . Despite a claim in the " Playbill " that " the story of this drama is essentially true and accurate , " much of it is a fictionalized account of the life of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe . [PAR] [TLE] Christopher Marlowe [ SEP ] Christopher Marlowe , also known as Kit Marlowe ( baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593 ) , was an English playwright , poet and translator of the Elizabethan era . Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day . He greatly influenced William Shakespeare , who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre - eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe 's mysterious early death . Marlowe 's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists .
Who was born in the same year as the playwright who had a musical fictionalized account of his life made in 1981?
Who was born in the same year as the playwright who had a musical fictionalized account of his life made in 1981 ?
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare