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Hell to pay
From: Isthmus
Date: 20070511
Author:West, Jacqueline
Hell to pay
Evil is fashionable in Dr. Faustus
Penned by Renaissance playwright Christopher Marlowe more than 400 years ago, Doctor Faustus tells the tale of a greedy scholar who consigns his soul to hell in exchange for 24 years of debauchery and power on earth. Since Marlowe's time, the Faustian legend has been re-envisioned by writers from Goethe to Oscar Wilde. Now, the Devil's gone down to Broom Street Theater.
Don't expect the neat delineations of a classic morality play on BSTs stage, however. Director Greg Johnson's adaptation, Dr. Faustus, toys with Marlowe's framework, adding ...
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