The Magic Theater scored a major coup in securing "Dr. Faustus," the first production of a new David Mamet work, directed by the author himself. This linguistically tortuous, bone-dry revamp of the ...

The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company, at the Side Studio. Christopher Marlowe’s cautionary tale can be cumbersome, especially certain scenes that are rarely performed ...

WE doubt whether any popular legend has ever taken deeper root among the common people and spread farther in the world than the story of Dr. Faustus and his reckless compact with the Evil One. We do ...

A burning desire to achieve the trans-human leads Dr Faustus to the study and practice of necro-mancy or black magic. The two most well known plays written on the legend of Dr Faustus are by ...

The tumultuous energy of this 17th-century soliloquy remains alive with the terrors that follow a deal with the devil FAUSTUS: Ah, Faustus, Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must ...

It was the winter of 2007. Dr. Faustus, the famous left-wing philologist, was sitting in a coffee shop in despair over the Bush-Cheney regime and the future of his country. Suddenly, Mephistopheles, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Dr Faustus is in vogue at the moment. Hull Truck presented it as metaphysical rough theatre. Rupert Goold's Northampton production was a modern morality tale with a bizarre appearance from the Chapman ...

IF you think Taylor and Burton are bad in real movie magazine life, you should see them in Doctor Faustus. The film wastes what must have been a lavish budget and ignores the essence of Marlowe's play ...

In this first stage production from Natural Nylon (the company set up by Jude Law and several other A-list celebs), Hollywood meets 16th-century drama as Law himself essays the title role in ...

Dr Jonathan Faustus is fed up with his life and desperate for the recognition he deserves. Cue the powers that be. In a vain bid to secure his glory Faustus turns to the occult. Experience the carnage ...