The Jew of Malta is a tragedy by Christopher Marlowe from the Elizabethan era. It depicts the conflicts and intrigues surrounding a wealthy Jewish merchant on the island of Malta. The play explores themes of greed, religious tension, and revenge.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE JEW OF MALTA. By Christopher Marlowe Edited By The Rev. Alexander Dyce The Famous Tragedy of The Rich Iew of Malta. As it was playd before the King and Qveene, in His Majesties Theatre at White-Hall, by her Majesties Servants at the Cock-pit. Written by Christopher Marlo. London; Printed by I. B. for Nicholas Vavasour, and are to be sold at his Shop in the Inner-Temple, neere the Church. 1633. 4to. TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, MASTER THOMAS HAMMON, of GRAY'S INN, ETC. This play, composed by so worthy an author as Master Marlowe, and the part of the Jew presented by so unimitable an actor as Master Alleyn, being in this later age commended to the stage; as I ushered it unto the court, and presented it to the Cock-pit, with these Prologues and Epilogues here inserted, so now being newly brought to the press, I was loath it should be published without the ornament of an Epistle; making choice of you unto whom to devote it; than whom (of all those gentlemen and acquaintance within the compass of my long knowledge) there is none more able to tax ignorance, or attribute
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