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The Jew of Malta
By Christopher Marlowe - Stage play
Roles
- Barabas bigail
About this piece
Barabas plots to send his daughter Abigail to the nunnery disguised as a nun
Summary
Barabas is a wealthy Jewish merchant who lives in Malta. At the beginning of the play he learns that the governor of the island has confiscated all his money and land in order to pay tribute to the Turks. His house is also confiscated and turned into a nunnery. Since he still has a lot of money hidden in the house, he proposes to his daughter to dress up as a nun, pretend to convert to christianity and join the convent in order to retrieve his hidden treasures. In this scene we find Barabas and his daughter Abigail. They plot to dress her up as a nun to enter the convent.
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