The Jew of Malta

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The Jewsof Malta
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe - The Jew of Malta

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by Christopher Marlowe (1564 — 1593)

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 — 30 May 1593) was an English
dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian
before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching
protagonists, and his own untimely death.

The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set
against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in
the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on
Niccolo Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.”

This project has 7 files and a total running time of 2:21:28.

Read by Lars Rolander, Jay Saunders, Damien Tavis Toman, Michael Sirois, Daniel Hutton,
Kevin Vinck, Aaron Elliott, EHehl, Denny Sayers, Gesine, Andrea Lee, Silence, CM
Slosson, Miriam Esther Goldman, Ryan DeRamos, Laurie Anne Walden, Eric J. Katowitz,
Anna Simon, Lucy Perry, ontheroad and Jennifer Stearns

Audio edited by: David Lawrence

Book Coordinator: Scott Sherris

Dedicated Proof-Listener: shelagh

Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Cori Samuel & David Lawrence

Artwork: Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of an Old Jew (1654), design: Bart de Leeuw

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