Jew of Malta

"Reign of King Edward the Third" by William Shakespeare delves into the tumultuous reign of Edward III, exploring themes of power, loyalty, and the complexities of leadership. This work captures the essence of a king's struggles as he navigates political intrigue and personal ambition, reflecting the timeless nature of authority and its impact on society. The exploration of these enduring themes makes this audiobook a compelling listen today, as they resonate with contemporary discussions about governance and moral responsibility. Shakespeare's masterful storytelling and rich character development ensure that this historical narrative remains relevant, inviting listeners to reflect on the nature of rule and the human condition.

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence

The "Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe delves into the profound themes of ambition, knowledge, and the human condition through the story of a scholar who makes a pact with the devil in exchange for magical powers. This timeless tale explores the consequences of overreaching ambition and the eternal struggle between good and evil, making it relevant for contemporary audiences who grapple with similar moral dilemmas. Marlowe's exploration of the limits of human understanding and the quest for meaning resonates deeply, reminding us of the perils of forsaking our humanity in pursuit of power.

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The Jew of Malta is considered to have been a major influence on William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The play contains a prologue in which the character Machiavel, a Senecan ghost based on Niccolò Machiavelli, introduces “the tragedy of a Jew.” (summary by Wikipedia) Thomas Heywood: The well-known dramatist of the time has included Prologues and Epilogues both for the court and the Cock-Pit theatre “…making choice of you unto whom to devote it;” . (summary by David Lawrence) Cast:Ferneze, as Governor of Malta and - Lars Rolander Lodowick, his son - Jay Saunders Selim Calymath, son to the Grand Seignior - Damien Tavis Toman Martin del Bosco, vice-admiral of Spain - Michael Sirois Mathias, a gentleman - Daniel Hutton Jacomo, a friar - Kevin Vinck Barnardine, a friar - Aaron Elliott Barabas, a wealthy Jew - EHehl Ithamore, a slave - Denny Sayers Katharine, mother to Mathias - Gesine Abigail, daughter to Barabas - Andrea Lee Bellamira, a courtezan - Silence Pilia-Borza, a bully, attendant to Bellamira - CM Slosson First Jew and First Knight - Miriam Esther Goldman Second Jew, Second Officer, Second Knight and Second Merchant - Ryan DeRamos Third Jew, Slave and Carpenter - Laurie Anne Walden Officer/First Officer - Eric J. Katowitz Merchant/First Merchant - Anna Simon Messenger - Lucy Perry Machiavel, as Prologue Speaker - ontheroad Announcer - Jennifer Stearns Audio edited by - David Lawrence