Dr. Faustus: Christopher Marlowe

Synopsis

Podcast. Emma Smith discusses Christopher Marlowe’s play ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’ in the context of Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we should think about James Bond in its final minutes.

Series

Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2015

Subjects

Drama; English language and literature

Keywords

Elizabethan drama; Marlowe, Christopher; plays; theatre; tragedy; Religion

Online availability

URI

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/dr-faustus-christopher-marlowe

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

Emma Smith

Distributor

Name

University of Oxford Podcasts

Web

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