Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage

by Michelle Ephraim

Book Overview

The first book-length examination of Jewish women in Renaissance drama, this study explores fictional representations of the female Jew in academic, private and public stage performances during Queen Elizabeth I's reign; it links lesser-known dramatic adaptations of the biblical Rebecca, Deborah, and Esther with the Jewish daughters made famous by Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare on the popular stage. Drawing upon original research on early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138278262
• ISBN13: 9781138278264
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages