Dr Faustus

  • Ester Mangas
A new interpretation of the classical piece by Christopher Marlowe.
One of the most durable myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Early enactments of Faust's damnation were often the raffish fare of clowns and low comedians. But the young Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) recognized in the story of Faust's temptation and fall the elements of tragedy.

Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed

In one self place, for where we are is hell,

And where hell is must we ever be