Antisemitic production of "The Jew of Malta" is a hit in Egypt

The Samer Theatre in the Agouza district of Cairo is showing a production of The Jew of Malta, a play written in 1590 by Christopher Marlowe, several years before Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice. This follows a successful run of the play in Alexandria earlier this year.The main character, Barabas, is a Jew whose fortune was confiscated by the governor of Malta....

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