Christopher Marlowe's drama The Jew of Malta has become an increasingly popular source for
scholarly scrutiny staged productions and most recently a filmed version. The play follows
the sometimes tragic sometimes comic often outrageous fortunes of its villainous protagonist
the Jew Barabas. In recent years the play has provoked as much interpretive controversy as any
work in the Marlowe canon. This unique volume is therefore especially timely providing fresh
varied approaches to the many enigmatic elements of the play.
