Christopher Marlowe - The Jew of Malta : "Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" (Paperback)

from valzi

Does not compare to Shakespeare's much better rewrite, _The Merchant of Venice_. Marlowe's is simple and a bit vulgar without using either quality to its advantage.

from DanielSTJ

Not bad, but not great either.

from TiffanyAK

I actually read an online version of this text provided by my teacher as part of my Introduction to Drama course, so this is not the same version I'm writing about, but is the same work. In many ways, this is the predecessor to The Merchant of Venice, which is a distinction that would already mak...

from jonfaith

Love me little, love me long; let music rumble, Whilst I in thy incony lap do tumble. I blame Kalliope for this detour. It was her lengthy survey of Kit's bio that led me here. Maybe Derek Jarman gave a deserved shove as well. Bugger. I watched Jubilee last night. It shocked me and left me sligh...

from baswood

Composed probably in 1589 this play accredited to Christopher Marlowe was a big hit on the Elizabethan stage. It is not difficult to see why it was so popular as it would have appealed to theatre goers on many levels and reading it today I found the underlying subversiveness of the text intriguin...