1594 was an important year for the history of Marlowe in print, with the appearance of Dido, Queen of Carthage and Edward II. But it also saw the publication of a striking number of plays (staged over the preceding years) that appear to emulate Marlowe’s style and/or allude to his works, taking forms as diverse as Selimus, A Looking Glass for London and England and The Taming of a Shrew. A common critical view sees such plays as interested more in imitating Marlovian rhetoric and spectacle than in engaging with the intellectual, political and religious questions raised by his work. However, this chapter argues that while some of the plays printed in 1594 used Marlowe in this way, others offered a more serious and self-conscious response. In a few instances, plays seem to be in dialogue both with Tamburlaine and with Doctor Faustus, suggesting both an individualized view of Marlowe as an artist and thinker and an early date for the latter play.