Dr. Faustus
- By Christopher Marlowe
- Adapted and Directed by Robert Lewis
- ORIGINAL CAST
- LAURA BISHOP Good Angel / Covetousness / Gluttony / Cardinal / First Friar / Frederick
- JESSICA BROWNRIGG Evil Angel / Cornelius / Lucifer / Pride / Wrath / Raymond / Second Friar / Benvolio
- NICOLE DOBSON Wagner / Belzebub / Lechery / Pope / Emperor / Carter / Second Scholar
- CHRIS JACKSON Doctor Faustus
- NICOLE JOBSON Mephostophilis
- ANDREW PEEK Chorus / First Scholar / Envy / Sloth / Horse-Courser / Old Man
- DAVID MARSHALL Stage Manager, Lighting
- Performances:
- October 5, 6, 2007 Annexe Theatre, Launceston
- May 16, 2008, Parade Space, NIDA, Sydney
- Length: 60min.
‘Dr. Faustus’, one of the most well known classics, was written by one of the most famous renaissance playwrights and Shakespeare contemporaries, Christopher Marlowe over four hundred years ago. Doctor Faustus, a well-respected German scholar, is dissatisfied with traditional forms of knowledge and decides he wants to practice magic. He summons up a devil by the name of Mephistophilis and sells his soul to Lucifer in exchange of 24 years of service to Mephistopholis so he may practice evil arts. This is a tale that portrays the battle between good and evil, rights and wrongs.
The six actors play nearly thirty characters through an exploration of voice and body, a theatrical experience that combines sound, physical theatre and abstract imagery, a mixture of influences from Eastern and Western voice and physical practices. This is a unique and innovative interpretation of ‘Dr. Faustus’.
‘Dr. Faustus’ is a text based performance. The text serves as the main blueprint, and performers ‘physicalise’ and vocalise the images contained within the text.
Rehearsal photos by Robert Lewis
