Methuen Drama, 2008

New Mermaids

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Scenes: 18, Roles: Total (33), Female (8), Male (24), Unassigned (1)

...Doctor Faustus is a play about desire: for the best in life, for knowledge, power, material comfort, and influence. Faustus sells his soul to the devil hoping to learn the secrets of the universe, but is fobbed off with explanations which...

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...Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's most renowned and controversial work. Famous for being the first dramatised version of the Faustus tale, the play depicts the sinister aftermath of Faustus's decision to sell his soul to the Devil...

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...The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, to give it its full title, by Christopher Marlowe, was first published in 1604, at least twelve years after its first performance, although the basic story of the play is much older.Having decided he...

Methuen Drama, 2005

New Mermaids

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Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (38), Female (5), Male (33), Unassigned (0)

...When the courageous and impressive Edward I dies, his son, Edward II, is a disappointing successor. He prefers domestic tasks to waging wars, and he prefers men to women. However, Edward I’s death is good news for Piers Gaveston, who has...

Methuen Drama, 2003

New Mermaids

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Acts: 5, Scenes: 19, Roles: Total (29), Female (5), Male (23), Unassigned (1)

...Tamburlaine is Marlowe’s seminal play: with the story of a complex and ruthless conqueror he created a magnificent theatrical architecture of power and ambition and proclaimed a new kind of verse. From humble beginnings...

Methuen Drama, 2003

New Mermaids

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Acts: 5, Scenes: 21, Roles: Total (29), Female (4), Male (24), Unassigned (1)

...Tamburlaine is Marlowe’s seminal play: with the story of a complex and ruthless conqueror he created a magnificent theatrical architecture of power and ambition and proclaimed a new kind of verse. From humble beginnings...