Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 3
Time & Place
Faustus's study in Wittenberg, materializing out of the shadows after being summoned.
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
Mephastophilis, a fallen angel and agent of
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Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Think’st thou that I who saw the face of God,
And tasted the eternal joys of Heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells,
In being depriv’d of everlasting bliss?
O Faustus! leave these frivolous demands,
Which strike a terror to my fainting soul.
Performance Tips
- Avoid playing a cartoonish, cackling villain;
Emotional Beat Breakdown
1. The True Geography of Damnation
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