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Infinite riches in a little room

28 Saturday May 2016

Posted by la Clarina in Poetry, Theatre

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christopher marlowe, Edward Alleyn, Infinite riches in a little room, Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of Malta

F. Murray Abraham as Barabas

F. Murray Abraham as Barabas

It has always seemed to me that, while the first part of Tamburlaine the Great is all

black and white and red and gold, Marlowe’s later play, The Jew of Malta, bursts with colours.

 

It struck me from the very first time I met on the page Barabas, the eponymous Jew, first seen in his counting-house, lamenting the nuisance of counting silver… Continue reading →

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