Back يهودي مالطا Arabic Евреинът от Малта Bulgarian দ্য জ্যু অব মাল্টা Bengali/Bangla Der Jude von Malta German Ο Εβραίος της Μάλτας Greek جهود مالت Persian Le Juif de Malte French היהודי ממלטה HE L'ebreo di Malta Italian マルタ島のユダヤ人 Japanese
| 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.