Doctor Faustus

by Marlowe, Christopher; Gill, Roma; King, Ros

• ISBN13: 9780713673760
• ISBN10: 0713673761
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-29
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Summary

This student edition uses the Doctor Faustus "A" text, widely accepted as the most authentic published edition. Fully revised by leading Renaissance scholar Ros King, it contains a completely new introduction and the latest criticism, stage history, and revised commentary and notes.

Author Biography

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was one of the foremost English dramatists of the Elizabethan era and a contemporary of William Shakespeare.

 

Ros King is Professor of English at the University of Southampton, and Director of the Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Culture. She is author of several books including The Winter's Tale, for Palgrave's Shakespeare Handbook Series and editor of Comedy of Errors for Cambridge's New Shakespeare Series.

Table of Contents

Introduction
About the Play
Summary of the Plot
The Play
Faustus and Salvation
The Vision of Helen
Early Performances
Recent Stage History
Date and Sources
The Author
Dr Faustus	p. 1
Dramatis Personae	p. 2
The Text	p. 4
Appendix	p. 83
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