Doctor Faustus

by Christopher Marlowe, Colin Teevan

Overview

Adaptor Colin Teevan reimagines Marlowe's classic tragedy within a present-day context, allowing the play's universal truths to resonate powerfully.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849434133
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/27/2013
Series:	Oberon Modern Plays
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era and the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born the same year as Marlowe and who rose to fame after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for their use of blank verse, and for their overreaching protagonists.

Colin Teevan is a celebrated playwright, translator and screenwriter. His work has been produced by many leading theatres including the National, the Young Vic, the Soho Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland.

Table of Contents

PREFACE, CHRONOLOGY OF MARLOWE’S LIFE AND WORKS, INTRODUCTION, Origins of the Faustus legend, The first English biography of Faustus, Extracts from the Damnable Life, Date of the play, Authorship of the play, The Renaissance, The morality plays, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Marlowe’s theatre, Stage-history of Doctor Faustus, Text of Doctor Faustus, THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, NOTES, SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editorial Reviews

"There is a wonderful sense that evil lurks in every corner." - Guardian

"A thing of beauty to watch." - Independent

"Faithful and clever." - Herald Scotland

"Catches well the hellish claustrophobia of our restless urges." - Telegraph

From the Publisher

This combines annotated and modernized versions of Marlowe's 1604 text, plus the 1592 English translation of an earlier German text on which Marlowe based his play. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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