The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

“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.”

Having already mastered Logic, Medicine, Law, and Divinity, Doctor Faustus turns his hand to the dark art of Necromancy. When he successfully summons the demon Mephistopheles, Faustus makes a pact with Lucifer himself for 24 years of magical abilities in exchange for his soul. Ambitious and with unearthly knowledge at his fingertips, what will Faustus do with the time remaining to him?

A number of legends surrounded the original production of Doctor Faustus in the late 1500s, claiming that the audience witnessed actual devils appear on stage. Marlowe’s groundbreaking work paved the way for contemporaries such as Shakespeare to explore the spiritual world in their writing. Wildly popular in its time, the play continues to influence popular culture more than four centuries later.

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