First from Christopher Marlowe, living deceptively: English dramatist (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
william congreve
'christopher marlowe living deceptively english dramatist' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'first from' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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