'Abigail' and Barabas' are the characters from Christopher Marlowe's which play?

• 'Abigail' and Barabas' are the characters from Christopher Marlowe's - 'The Jew of Malta'.
- The Jew of Malta, in full The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, একটি 5 acts বিশিষ্ট tragedy.
- এটি blank verse এ লেখা একটি revenge tragedy.
- Abigail is the daughter of Barbas (the protagonist)
- ১৬৩৩ সালে এটি প্রকাশিত হয়।
- In order to raise tribute demanded by the Turks, the Christian governor of Malta seizes half the property of all Jews living in Malta. When Barabas, a wealthy Jewish merchant, protests, his entire estate is confiscated.
- Seeking revenge on his enemies, Barabas plots their destruction, but in the end, he is betrayed and dies the death he had planned for his enemies.

• Important characters of The Jew of Malta:
- Barabas (Protagonist),
- Abigail,
- Ithamore,
- Ferneze,
- Machevill,
- Katherine etc.

• Christopher Marlowe, an Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare’s most important predecessor in English drama, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.
- He is considered as the greatest dramatist before Shakespeare.

• Some of Marlowe's literary works:
- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus,
- The Jew of Malta,
- Tamburlaine the Great,
- Hero and Leander,
- Edward the Second,
- Dido, Queen of Carthage,

Source: Britannica.