For the historical Jewish community in Malta, see History of the Jews in Malta.
The Jew of Malta
Title page of the 1633 quarto
Written by
Christopher Marlowe
Characters
Barabas Abigail Ithamore Ferneze Don Lodowick Don Mathias Katharine
Date premiered
c. 1590
Place premiered
London
Original language
Early Modern English
Subject
Jews, greed, antisemitism, revenge
Genre
Revenge tragedy
Setting
Malta, 1565
The Jew of Malta (full title: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta) is a play by Christopher Marlowe, written in 1589 or 1590. The plot primarily revolves around a Maltese Jewish merchant named Barabas. The original story combines religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean that takes place on the island of Malta. There has been extensive debate about the play's portrayal of Jews and how Elizabethan audiences would have viewed it.
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