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Description

A terrifying exploration of the human and the divine
by Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus, restless for knowledge, forsakes scholarship for magic and makes a pact with the Devil: if the tortured spirit Mephistopheles will serve him for 24 years, Faustus will yield his soul to the Devil after death.

Transformed into an arena of wild spectacle and dark illusion, the Globe becomes the scene for an epic battle between Lucifer and the angels for one man’s soul. Larger than life puppets, huge flying dragons and horned stilt walkers bring Marlowe’s fantastical world to life.
 
Mephistopheles will be played by Arthur Darvill, best known for the role of Rory in Doctor Who.  Doctor Faustus is played by Paul Hilton, who was last seen at the Globe in 1998 as Orlando in As You Like It and whose other credits include Rosmersholm (Almeida Theatre), The Daughter-in-Law (Young Vic) and Silk (BBC).

Doctor Faustus is considered the greatest tragedy in English before Shakespeare. Marlowe places some of the greatest poetry ever written for the stage and a good deal of anarchic comedy at the service of this mythic tale illustrating mankind’s insatiable desire for knowledge and power.

This will be the first production of Doctor Faustus at the Globe.
This production will employ Renaissance costumes and staging. 

CREATIVES
Director                                Matthew Dunster
Designer                              Paul Wills
Composer                           Jules Maxwell
Puppet Director                Steve Tiplady
Choreographer                                 Georgina Lamb
Magic Consultant             Richard Pinner 

CAST
Charlotte Broom              Bad Angel/Alexander's Paramour
Michael Camp                   Duke/Frederick/First Student/Cardinal of Padua/Covetousness 
Richard Clews                    Dick/First Scholar/Friear Sandelo/Envy 
Nigel Cooke                        Lucifer/Pope Adrian/Horse Courser 
Jonathan Cullen                                Valdes/Pope Bruno/Carter/Gluttony
Arthur Darvill                     Mephistopheles
Robert Goodale                                Raymond/Old Man/Cornelius/Nan Spit 
Paul Hilton                          Doctor Faustus
Sarita Piotrowski              Helen/Pride
Will Mannering                 Benvolio/Second Scholar/Third Student/Cardinal of France
Pearce Quigley                  Robin/Alexander
Iris Roberts                         Hostess/Lechery
Beatriz Romilly                  Good Angel/Duke's Servant 
Felix Scott                           Wagner/Emperor Charles/Wrath
Jade Williams                     Duchess/Sloth
Chinna Wodu                     Beelzebub/Martino/Second Student/Archbishop of Rheims 
Musical Director               Genevieve Wilkins
Musicians                            Stephen Hiscock, Harry Napier, Jez Wiles, Paul Johnson

 

 

Tickets:

 

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Students£8

GulbCard Studentsx & Gulbenkian Education Network £7