The Jew of Malta by Logan, Robert A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title COPYRIGHT CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SERIES INTRODUCTION TIMELINE NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION 1 The Critical Backstory

Date and Early Reception The Text Sources The Bible Marlowe and Machiavelli Jewish Stereotypes and Anti-Semitism The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice The Roots of Modern Criticism Romanticism and Savage Farce The Later Twentieth Century The Future Beckons

2 The Performance History

The Initial Production Pre-Twentieth Century Productions Twentieth-Century Productions Experimental Productions Foreign Productions Twenty-First-Century Productions Other Productions in Brief

3 The State of the Art: Current Critical Research

Critical Tendencies Bibliography

4 New Directions: The Jew of Malta in Repertory

1589 and the Lord Admiral’s Players 1592–4 and Companies at the Rose Playhouse 1594 and the Lord Admiral’s Players Post-1601 and Queen Henrietta Maria’s Players

7 New Directions: The Nose Plays: Ovid in The Jew of Malta

I II III

8 A Survey of Resources NOTES WORKS CITED AND SELECTED FURTHER READING INDEX