THE JEW OF MALTA
Before his brief life came to its shockingly violent end, Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) wrote four daring, outrageous masterpieces of verse drama. THE JEW OF MALTA, the most startling of them (and perhaps for that reason the least frequently revived) tells the story of Barabas, the wealthiest man on the island of Malta. Cheated out of his fortune by the government after he has saved Malta from the Turks, Barabas dedicates his life to wholesale revenge in ways that are terrifying and often terrifyingly funny. A super-hero who is also a super-villain, in what some have thought of as the blank verse equivalent of a comic book, he is a figure for the ages, in a black comedy played out on an epic scale.
In alternating repertory with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, F. Murray Abraham will embody the role of Barabas, in a production staged by David Herskovits, artistic director of the innovative Target Margin Theater, fresh from his acclaimed production of the two parts of Goethe's FAUST.
SPECIAL EVENTS
In addition to our full productions, TFANA will present a special free Reading Series, LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, on four selected Monday nights during the repertory run of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and THE JEW OF MALTA. Curated by TFANA's Literary Advisor, Michael Feingold, the series will explore later dramatic versions of the conflict between the outsider and society, written in the shadow of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE or in direct response to it. Click here for reservations and more information.
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IN REPERTORY January 6 - March 11, 2007
The Merchant of Venice (MER) and The Jew of Malta (MAL)
at The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street
MON |
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WED |
THURS |
FRI |
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SUN |
JANUARY |
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6
8 PM
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7
7 PM
(MER) |
8
DARK |
9
8 PM
(MER) |
10
8 PM
(MER) |
11
8 PM
(MER) |
12
DARK |
13
DARK |
14
DARK |
15
DARK |
16
DARK |
17
8 PM
(MAL) |
18
8 PM
(MAL) |
19
8 PM
(MAL) |
20
8 PM
(MAL) |
21
7 PM
(MAL) |
22
DARK |
23
8 PM
(MAL) |
24
8 PM
(MER) |
25
8 PM
(MER) |
26
8 PM
(MAL) |
27
2 PM
(MAL)
8 PM (MER) |
28
2 PM
(MAL)
7:30 PM
(MER) |
29
DARK |
30
8 PM
(MAL) |
31
8 PM
(MER) |
FEBRUARY
1
8 PM
(MAL) |
2
8 PM
(MER) |
3
2 PM
(MER)
8 PM
(MAL) |
4
2 PM
(MAL)
7:30 PM
(MER)
OPENING NIGHT |
5
DARK |
6
8 PM
(MER) |
7
2 PM
(MER)
8 PM
(MAL) |
8
8 PM
(MER) |
9
8 PM
(MAL) |
10
2 PM
(MAL)
8 PM
(MER) |
11
3 PM
(MER) |
12
DARK |
13
DARK |
14
DARK |
15
8 PM
(MAL) |
16
8 PM
(MER) |
17
2 PM
(MER)
8 PM
(MAL) |
18
3 PM
(MAL) |
19
DARK |
20
8 PM
(MAL) |
21
2 PM
(MAL)
8 PM
(MER) |
22
8 PM
(MER) |
23
8 PM
(MER) |
24
2 PM
(MER)
8 PM
(MAL) |
25
3 PM
(MER) |
26
DARK |
27
DARK |
28
DARK |
MARCH
1
8 PM
(MAL) |
2
8 PM
(MER) |
3
2 PM
(MER)
8 PM
(MAL) |
4
3 PM
(MAL) |
5
DARK |
6
DARK |
7
DARK |
8
8 PM
(MER) |
9
8 PM
(MAL) |
10
2 PM
(MAL)
8 PM
(MER) |
11
3 PM
(MER) |
TFANA TALKS (post-matinee panel): February 10 (MAL) & 24 (MER), March 3 (MER) & 10 (MAL).
New Deal Dialogue (pre-performance discussion at 1:30pm): February 11 (MER), March 4 (MAL).
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