Doctor Faustus, Royal Exchange Theatre
Price from:
£10.00
Opening Times:
08/09/2010 - 09/10/2010
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Plays
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Theatre
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Age Group:
15+
Doctor Faustus
The Royal Exchange returns from its summer break with Christopher Marlowe's dark masterpiece, the 16th Century shocker Doctor Faustus. The play outraged early audiences who swore that real demons appeared in the theatres where it was performed, and the story of the tortured soul who must eventually pay the price for his pact with the devil still has the ability to bewitch modern audiences.
"I do repent; and yet I do despair; Hell strives with grace within my breast: What shall I do to shun the snares of death?"
When Doctor Faustus' desire for power and knowledge leads him to conjure up the demon Mephistopheles, he finds himself offered the ultimate bargain: he will be granted everything he desires for 24 years, but at the end of that time will have to hand his soul over to the devil. So begins a hedonistic journey in time and space as Faustus turns the world into his playground. But wherever he goes the clock ticks down to his final damnation, and he is followed by the shadow of his infernal bargain in Christopher Marlowe's stunning and savage tragedy.