"Faustus is a brilliant but embittered
academic, a solitary scholar who has exhausted the confines of human
knowledge. Frustrated with the futility of religion, law and science he
is desperate for a deeper understanding of the universe – and for the
worldwide fame that it will bring. Risking everything, he conjures the
demon Mephistophilis and asks him to strike a deal with Lucifer. Twenty
four years of absolute knowledge and infinite power in exchange for his
soul.
Despite being tormented by doubt, Faustus agrees to the deal and signs in blood. But as he begins to revel in his new powers, the world around him starts to collapse and the clock inexorably counts down to the final moment of reckoning.
Maria Aberg (The White Devil 2014 and As You Like It 2013) returns to the RSC to direct Marlowe's notorious tale of vanity, greed and damnation.
Sandy Grierson (The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors 2012) and Oliver Ryan (As You Like It and Hamlet 2013) are sharing the roles of the embittered academic Faustus and the demon Mephistopheles, alternating the parts at each performance."
Despite being tormented by doubt, Faustus agrees to the deal and signs in blood. But as he begins to revel in his new powers, the world around him starts to collapse and the clock inexorably counts down to the final moment of reckoning.
Maria Aberg (The White Devil 2014 and As You Like It 2013) returns to the RSC to direct Marlowe's notorious tale of vanity, greed and damnation.
Sandy Grierson (The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors 2012) and Oliver Ryan (As You Like It and Hamlet 2013) are sharing the roles of the embittered academic Faustus and the demon Mephistopheles, alternating the parts at each performance."
Opening in the Swan Theatre on 4 February! www.rsc.org.uk/faustus #RSCFaustus [Photography by Helen Maybanks]
Posted by Royal Shakespeare Company on Wednesday, 13 January 2016
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