Doctor Faustus » (1st Edition)

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.

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This combines annotated and modernized versions of Marlowe's 1604 text, plus the 1592 English translation of an earlier German text on which Marlowe based his play. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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 1

Dramatis Personae 2

The Text 4

Appendix 83