Moral dilemmas get a comedic twist: catch ‘Faustus in Africa!’ in Cape Town
Three decades after its debut, this bold retelling of the Faust legend still packs a punch. It’s a wild and darkly humorous journey which follows Faustus as he strikes a dangerous deal and sets off on ...
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The problem with new claims that Marlowe's Doctor Faustus was co-written by a forgotten dramatist
Christopher Marlowe's classic work "Doctor Faustus" was first performed in the 1580s or early 1590s but only published in 1604, 11 years after his death. The dramatists Samuel Rowley and William ...
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A rich history of deals with the Devil
Most of us would want a little more than that. For example, Dr. Faustus — best known from dramatic masterpieces by Christopher Marlowe and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — acquired immense power ...