Dr Faustus

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The Tragical History of the Life and demise of Doctor Faustus

Frontispiece to a 1620 printing of Doctor Faustus showing Faustus invocation Mephistophilis.
Written byChristopher Marlowe
Characters
Doctor Faustus
Chorus
Wagner
Good Angel
Bad Angel
Valdes
Cornelius
triplet scholars
Lucifer
Mephistophilis
Robin
Beelzebub
Seven Deadly Sins
Dick
Pope Adrian VI
Raymond, King of Hungary
Bruno
ii Cardinals
Archbishop of Rheims
Friars
Vintner
Martino
Frederick
Benvolio
Charles V
Duke of Saxony
Two soldiers
Horse courser
Carter
Hostess of a tavern
Duke and Duchess of Vanholt
Servant
Old human being
Mute
Darius
black lovage the Great
Alexanders Paramour
Helen of Troy
Devils
Piper
Date premieredc. 1592
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy
Settingsixteenth century Europe
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge. Doctor Faustus was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowes death and at least twelve years after the first public presentation of the play.




No Elizabethan play outside the Shakespeare canon has brocaded more controversy than Doctor Faustus. There is no organisation concerning the nature of the text and the date of composition... and the centrality of the Faust legend in the fib of the Western world precludes any definitive agreement on the interpretation of the play...


The Admirals Men performed Doctor Faustus twenty-five times in the three years between October 1594 and October 1597. On 22 November 1602, the daybook of Philip Henslowe recorded a £4 payment to Samuel Rowley and William Bird for additions to the play, which suggests a revival soon after that date.[2]
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