Other editions of book The tragical history of Doctor Faustus / a play written by Christopher Marlowe ; edited with a preface, notes and glossary by Israel Gollancz

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593. Two different versions of the play were published in the Jacobean era, several years later.[1] The powerful effect of early productions of the play is indicated by the legends that quickly accrued around them—that actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance, "to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators", a sight that was said to have driven some spectators mad The powerful effect of the early productions is indicated by the legends that quickly accrued around them. In Histriomastix, his 1632 polemic against the drama, William Prynne records the tale that actual devils once appeared on the stage during a performance of Faustus, "to the great amazement of both the actors and spectators". Some people were allegedly driven mad, "distracted with that fearful sight". John Aubrey recorded a related legend, that Edward Alleyn, lead actor of The Admiral's Men, devoted his later years to charitable endeavours, like the founding of Dulwich College, in direct response to this incident.

Edition perfect as a gift. "But Faustus' offence can ne'er be pardoned: the serpent that tempted Eve may be saved, but not Faustus. Ah, gentlemen, hear me with patience, and tremble not at my speeches! Though my heart pants and quivers to remember that I have been a student here these thirty years, O, would I had never seen Wertenberg, never read book! and what wonders I have done, all Germany can witness, yea, all the world; for which Faustus hath lost both Germany and the world, yea, heaven itself, heaven, the seat of God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy; and must remain in hell for ever, hell, ah, hell, for ever! Sweet friends, what shall become of Faustus, being in hell for ever?"

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Faustus raises moral questions about the exploitation of magic as a means of gaining power and the links between two ‘potent Arts’ – sorcery and theatre.The play’s tragic hero, Faustus, is a brilliant German scholar who feels he has reached the limits of divine academic learning, and devotes himself to the study of magic. He makes a pact signed in blood, with the evil spirit Mephistopheles, to sell his soul to the devil. In exchange for 24 years of service, Lucifer gives Faustus a life of pleasure, magical power and illicit knowledge of the secrets of the universe.Like Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest, Faustus uses his powers to perform theatrical tricks, leading some critics to draw comparisons between theatrical spectacle and magical illusion. Faustus makes himself invisible and conjures a disappearing ‘Banquet’ for the Pope, just as the invisible Prospero summons ‘several strange shapes, bringing in a banquet’ for Alonso and Sebastian.Faustus experiences moments of doubt prompted by the Good Angel, but continues to lurch towards eternal damnation. It is only when he faces death that he vows to ‘burne [his] bookes’. Likewise, Prospero rejects his ‘rough magic’ in the final act of The Tempest, vowing to ‘break [his] staff’ and ‘drown [his] book’ (5.1.50–57). But while Faustus is last heard shrieking as he burns in ‘ugly hell’, Prospero – in a more comedic ending – returns to Milan to reclaim his dukedom.