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Deadly Sins and Stolen Cups

12 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by la Clarina in Stories, Theatre

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christopher marlowe, Dr. Faustus, Elizabethan London, Il Palcoscenico di Carta, The Paper Stage, Thomas Watson

Faust123One thing that we noticed while reading Faustus with the Paper Stage, was that perhaps a three-part reading doesn’t suit every play – and this is true of the 1616 B Text of Faustus.

Faustus, with its mix of great power, fear and comedy, is a very Elizabethan kind of thing. When you split it in three, you have a strong beginning, in which a disillusioned  scholar sells his soul to the devil, a potent ending in which said scholar pays the price for his arrogance, and in between… In between one is left with a string of comic scenes that, without the bitter irony of the premise and the fearful shadow of the ending, are at risk of falling more than a little flat. Continue reading →

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