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Doctor Faustus (Nigro)

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

In this long one act, Doctor Faustus is bored with life so, as a joke, he conjures up the devil. He is shocked when his own personal devil, Mephistopheles, actually appears.

Doctor Faustus (Nigro)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
In this long one act, Doctor Faustus is bored with life so, as a joke, he conjures up the devil. He is shocked when his own personal devil, Mephistopheles, actually appears. She is a young, beautiful, elusive, reserved and melancholy. As they bargain for his soul, Faustus becomes obsessed with her. Their oddly compelling love story forms an unusual and haunting version of the Faust legend.

Published in DeFlores & Other Plays.

History
First produced at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1978.
Cast Attributes
  • Time Period 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission, Play w/ Music
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style Folk
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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