DR. FAUSTUS by Christopher Marlowe: Richard Burton & Oxford U. Drama Society

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You are purchasing an LP produced and directed by Denis Comper  in 1966 for Angel Stereo called THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS written by Christopher Marloewe starring Richard Burton as Dr. Faustus and members of the Oxford University Dramatic Society 
Description: Jacket: NM/M condition: Still in original Shrink wrap. Unused, unmarked, no tears or marks...a beautiful Jacket. 
Description: Vinyl LP: NM/M condition: Assumed so because the vinyl is still in its original shrink wrap.

Record number: 36378                 Date : (1966)              Produced: Denis Comper ;Angel Stereo                Type: Spoken Word Drama
"This recorded performance from DR.FAUSTUS by Christopher Marlowe is based on the Quarto version of 1604, which is the earliest surviving text of the play, with some readings and additions rom the Quarto of 1616, which is the earliest surviving text of a longer version...In either version the play is a tragical poem designed for the stage: mixed into it are scenes of comedy, farce and pantomime, that make an alternating rhythm with the tragical parts, an alternation of knockabout, poetry and terror...
His(Faust) story is that of a man who sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, and to satisfy his hunger for adventures in the Universe forbidden to him by the metaphysics of his Age; his sin, like Adam's, is disobedience, but the pranks it leads him to play seem harmless enough. We hear of his journeys into outer space, of his search for strange philosophies, and how he made blind Homer sing for him. Among these nobler aspirations of his are mixed political ambitions and other more puerile fantasies: he is led by this element of levity in his character into playing practical jokes on the Pope and doing conjuring tricks for the Emperor and others less exalted. He becomes the victim of these childish indulgences and of his delight in showing off, a tendency in him which is adroitly exploited by Mephistophili, who from the beginning deceives and blinds him with illusions, distracts him with spectacular visions and gaudy toys, and intimidates him with sudden terrors, to keep his thoughts from God and the open door of repentance. Faustus vacillates between his impulses, and one renunciation is instantly followed by another: Hell steadily gains in the battle for his soul as he wastes his dearly-bought knowledge on badinage and tricks. His last use of his magical power is to summon the figure of Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman of History..."
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