THE company ownership of most of Marlowe's plays, most of the time, is not a problem for theater historians. The problem lies a bit deeper. We know, for example, that the Admiral's Men owned the two Tamburlaine plays because of the title-page advertisement on the 1590 edition, even though it is not entirely clear how stable that company identity had recently been. Similarly, the title pages of three of Marlowe's plays advertised their company owners: Dido, Queen of Carthage, the ...