


Tickets are available at the door or by calling 403.410.2000. We have a tendency to water down the dark or water down the light, but you need both to tell a good story and to tell the truth of our lives.”ĭirected by Kelly Reay, the show runs for four performances only December 1 to 3, 2016 at the Engineered Air Theatre, Arts Commons (225 8th Ave. I think we need more of these in our art and stories today-very clear consequences of choices. “The purpose of a morality play is to essentially depict a battle between the forces of good and evil in the human soul. The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the. “Faustus is a morality play,” says Val Lieske, Associate Director of Ambrose University’s Theatre Program, in a statement. 1589-1592 Earliest Extant Edition: 1604 arrangement copyright Peter Lukacs and, 2020. For his first trick he calls the devil, Mephistopheles, to be his servant, but he serves Lucifer first. The TRAGICAL HISTORY of DOCTOR FAUSTUS presents a Theatre Script of The TRAGICAL HISTORY of DOCTOR FAUSTUS (the A (short) text) By Christopher Marlowe Written c. Faustus.ĭoctor Faustus, a well-respected German scholar, grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional knowledge and decides he wants to learn the practice of magic. Location Engineered Air Theatre, Arts CommonsĪ deal with the devil is on the table as Calgary’s Ambrose University Theatre presents Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Dr. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and.
