The Jew of Malta

Past productions

Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 18^th March – 8^th September 2015.
Almeida Theatre, Islington, London 1999 – 2000.
Theatre Royal, Bath 1998 – 1999.
Royal Shakespeare Company, The People’s Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 15^th (press night) – 27^th February 1988.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London and Barbican Theatre, London 1987 – 1988.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 14^th July 1987 (press night).
Oracle Productions, Donmar Warehouse, London started 12^th March 1984.
Drama Department, Bristol University 1971 – 1972.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London 1965 – 1966.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 14^th April 1965 (press night).
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London 1964 – 1965.
Marlowe Theatre Company, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 18^th – 22^nd February 1964.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London 1817 – 1818.
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London dates unknown.

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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