The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on the legend of a scholar who makes a pact with dark powers. Faustus gains forbidden knowledge and influence through Mephistophilis, while good and evil angels urge repentance or ruin. Its blank verse and moral conflict reward lovers of early modern drama.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS By Christopher Marlowe From The Quarto of 1604 Edited by The Rev. Alexander Dyce DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS FOOTNOTES THE TRAGICALL HISTORY OF D. FAUSTUS. AS IT
HATH BENE ACTED BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARLE OF NOTTINGHAM HIS SERUANTS. WRITTEN BY CH. MARL. In reprinting this edition, I have here and there amended the text by means of the later 4tos,—1616, 1624, 1631.—Of 4to 1663, which contains various comparatively modern alterations and additions, I have made no use. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE POPE. CARDINAL OF LORRAIN. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. DUKE OF VANHOLT. FAUSTUS. VALDES, ] friends to FAUSTUS. CORNELIUS, ] WAGNER, servant to FAUSTUS. Clown. ROBIN. RALPH. Vintner. Horse-courser. A Knight. An Old Man. Scholars, Friars, and Attendants. DUCHESS OF VANHOLT LUCIFER. BELZEBUB. MEPHISTOPHILIS. Good Angel. Evil Angel. The Seven Deadly Sins. Devils. Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his
Paramour and of HELEN. Chorus . THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS
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