DOCTOR FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe
and Colin Teevan DOCTOR FAUSTUS
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www.oberonbooks.com Scenes 7 to 17 copyright Colin Teevan, 2013 Reprinted with revisions in 2016 Colin Teevan is hereby identified as author of this version in accordance with section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The author has asserted his moral rights. All rights whatsoever in this version are strictly reserved and application for performance etc. should be made before commencement of rehearsal to Curtis Brown Group Limited, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London, SW14 4SP (). No performance may be given unless a licence has been obtained, and no alterations may be made in the title or the text of the play without the authors prior written consent. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or binding or by any means (print, electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. PB ISBN: 978-1-84943-413-3
EPUB ISBN: 978-1-84943-798-1 Cover: Oliver Rosser Printed and bound by 4edge Limited, UK.
eBook conversion by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY. Visit www.oberonbooks.com to read more about all our books and to buy them. You will also find features, author interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign up for e-newsletters so that youre always first to hear about our new releases. Contents The first performance of this version was Saturday 23 February 2013 in the Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse with the following cast (in alphabetical order):
WAGNER | Leah Brotherhead |
DUCHESS, ROBYN | Esther Ruth Elliott |
DEVIL, SCHOLAR, PARTY ATTENDEE | Alasdair Hankinson |
CORNELIUS | Christopher Keegan |
VALDES | John Kielty |
LUCIFER, POPE, BRUNO, PRESIDENT | Gary Lilburn |
MEPHISTOPHELES | Siobhan Redmond |
GOOD ANGEL | Ann Louise Ross |
DOCTOR FAUSTUS | Kevin Trainor |
BAD ANGEL | Oliver Wilson |
All other parts to be played by members of the companyDirector | Dominic Hill |
Designer | Colin Richmond |
Lighting Designer | Tim Mitchell |
Composer and Sound Designer | Dan Jones |
Illusion Designers | James Freedman and Ben Hart |
Movement Director | Kally Lloyd-Jones |
Casting Director | Camilla Evans |
Dr Faustus was revived by The Jamie Lloyd Company at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, from 9th April 2016 The cast was as follows:
FAUSTUS | Kit Harington |
WAGNER | Jade Anouka |
VALDES | Danielle Flett |
CORNELIUS | Brian Gilligan |
MEPHISTOPHELES | Jenna Russell |
GOOD ANGEL | Tom Edden |
EVIL ANGEL | Craig Stein |
LUCIFER | Forbes Masson |
ENSEMBLE | Gabby Wong |
ENSEMBLE | Garmon Rhys |
All other parts played by members of the companyDirector | Jamie Lloyd |
Designer | Soutra Gilmour |
Lighting Designer | Jon Clark |
Composition and Sound Design | Ben and Max Ringham |
Movement | Polly Bennett |
Fight Director | Kate Waters |
Illusionist | Scott Penrose |
Voice and Text Coach | Barbara Houseman |
Dialect Coach | Hugh OShea |
Associate Director | Jessica Edwards |
FOR THE JAMIE LLOYD COMPANY |
Artistic Director | Jamie Lloyd |
Executive Producer | Adam Speers |
Associate Producer | Emily Vaughan-Barratt |
General Management | Zareen Walker |
Production Assistant | Sarah Cant |
Casting | Stuart Burt CDG |
THE JAMIE LLOYD COMPANY The Jamie Lloyd Company is a partnership between acclaimed director Jamie Lloyd and Ambassador Theatre Group.
Previous productions include: The Maids starring Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton and Laura Carmichael; the fiftieth anniversary production of Harold Pinters The Homecoming; Richard III starring Martin Freeman and Gina McKee; East Is East featuring Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan Din (recently on a UK tour with Pauline McLynn); The Ruling Class and Macbeth both starring James McAvoy; The Hothouse with John Simm and Simon Russell Beale; and The Pride starring Hayley Atwell. AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP LTD Co-founded by Sir Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire OBE in 1992, the Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) is the worlds number one live-theatre company with 46 venues in Britain, the US and Australia. ATG is also one of the most prolific and internationally recognised award-winning theatre producers in the world with co-productions in the UK, New York, across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. ATG is the market leader in theatre ticketing services through ATG Tickets, LOVETheatre and Group Line. ATGs impressive portfolio of West End theatres includes historic buildings such as the Apollo Victoria, Donmar Warehouse, Duke of Yorks, Fortune, Harold Pinter, Lyceum, Phoenix, Piccadilly, Playhouse, Savoy and Trafalgar Studios 1 and 2. Around the UK, ATG has regional theatres in Aylesbury, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Folkestone, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Richmond, Southport, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Torquay, Wimbledon, Woking and York.
In New York, ATG owns The Lyric Theatre, the largest theatre on Broadway and in December 2015, ATG entered a long-term lease for The Hudson Theatre, its second theatre on Broadway, from a subsidiary of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C). M&C and ATG will be, in a multi-million dollar project, restoring the landmark venue to its former glory as a Broadway playhouse. In 2015, ATG acquired ACE Theatrical Group (ACE), a company which specialises in the operation, design, development and construction of world class, live performance venues throughout North America comprising The Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, The Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas and The Charline McCombs Empire Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. ATG also became leaseholder and took over the management of the Theatre Royal, Sydneys oldest theatrical institution, one of the citys premier venues and ATGs first theatre in the Asia Pacific region. ATG has a number of major production company initiatives/partnerships including The Jamie Lloyd Company, Jerry Mitchell Productions and Theatre Royal Brighton Productions. ATG also owns a major national family entertainment and pantomime company, First Family Entertainment (FFE) and is the majority shareholder of BB Group, one of the leading producers and promoters of premium live entertainment in Europe.