Production photographs – Tamburlaine

Production photographs of Tamburlaine, photographed by Robert Workman. Adapted by Ng Choon Ping after Christopher Marlowe, directed by Ng Choon Ping.

Yellow Earth presents Christopher Marlowe’s thrilling, controversial and compelling masterpiece, Tamburlaine. The story of a lowly shepherd who rises to power and conquers half the world through sheer brutality and self-belief.

Presented by a British East Asian cast in a startling new adaptation, this production calls into question the very nature of power, masculinity and violence. What makes a king? What makes a father? What makes a man?

In an age where Trump can become leader of the free world, conflict rages across the Middle East, Europe is increasingly divided and a new power from the East asserts its growing dominance, Marlowe’s classic takes on a new urgency and relevance for our time.

Funded by Arts Council England, Cockayne Trust and The Foyle Foundation.