Faust

Faust (Parts 1 and 2)

    Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Date Written: (1) 1773–1808; (2) 1800–31

    First Performance: (1) 1819, Berlin (private perf.); 1829, Braunschweig (public perf.); (2) 1854, Hamburg; (1 and 2) 1876, Weimar

    Published: 1790 (as fragment); (1) 1808; (2) 1832

    First English Translation: 1833

    Genre: (1) Trag. in 25 scenes and 2 prologues; (2) Drama in 5 acts; German verse, mainly blank verse and ‘Knittelvers’ (doggerel of 3–4-stress rhymed lines)

    Setting: Heaven, Germany, and ancient Greece, 16th c. and mythical past

    Cast: (1) 18m, 4f, 4 choruses, many extras; (2) 55m, 25f, 12 choruses, many extras

Part 1. God is persuaded that, despite Faust's errant ways, Faust is worthy of salvation. So he strikes a bargain with Mephistopheles:...

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