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Theatre critics - Faustus
From: The Northern Echo
Date: 20071108
Author:Viv Hardwick
Headlong Theatre Company Durham Gala TheatreTHIS fine comic drama combines Christopher Marlowe's original script with a cunning contemporary take on modern art.Once you've survived the verbose and highbrow monologue of the medieval Faustus (Michael Colgan) beginning his dark descent into a deal with the devil, Rupert Goold and Ben Power's adaptation sweeps open a white-walled gallery set. Here the real life event involves contemporary artists Jake (Rocky Marshall) and Dinos (Tam Mutu) Chapman preparing to 'recify' a collection of valuable Goya etchings, The Disasters Of War, by replacing the ...
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