The Tragical History of Dr Faustus - A Damned Fine Play

Synopsis

A company doomed forever to tell and re-tell the story of Faustus, his wanton hunger for knowledge and power, his avarice, his lust, his appalling ukulele playing, his pact with the devil and his descent into hell. What is the relationship between the dominic flimflam man Mephistopholis and his willing but seemingly useless assistant, and is Faustus part of the act? Join us in a picaresque tale of Mephistophelian Mountbankery as we travel the carnivals and cheap variety houses of the world with our ragbag vaudeville. Don't worry this is the tragical tale as written by Kit Marlowe and all in his own words, although as Eric Morecambe said, not necessarily in the right order. It's devilishly good!

Our Review:

22 June 2010

The latest offering at this brand new purpose built theatre is The tragical history of Dr Faustus by Third Party Productions, in which Marlowe’s play is treated as a modern satire or pantomime. As the publicity blurb says, ‘all in the words of Christopher Marlowe but not necessarily in the right order.’

The intellectual Dr Faustus (Nicholas Collett), obsessed with knowledge and having learned all there is to learn in the world, is now devoting his enormous intellect to the study of black magic and he follows the ancient ritual to summon up Lucifer, making cabalistic signs on the floor and uttering ridiculous incantations. After several tries, an elegant and charming person appears with a picnic basket containing bread, wine and a copy of the Guardian. This is Mephistophilis (Anthony Gleave) come to claim the Doctor’s soul on behalf of Lucifer.

Mephistophilis dispenses wine and food asks Faustus desires, but having successfully entered into necromancy, he ...

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