"No writer was ever more autobiographical than he was--it was a serious limitation upon him, especially for a dramatist. His creations are very much projections of himself--Tamburlaine, Dr. Faustus, the Jew of Malta,"

Rowse, A. L. Christopher Marlowe: His Life and His Work. Evanston, New York: Harper & Row, 1964

So one of the most pre-eminent Shakespearian Scholars of the 20th century was more than convinced that Marlowe wrote from a biographical standpoint, so much so that it directly effected and limited his creative output.