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Faust: Parts I & II
Series: NHB Classic Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback, 282 pages ISBN: 9781854592040Publication Date:
21 Sep 1995Size: 198mm x 130mm£15.99 £12.79You save £3.20 (20%)
Ebook, 282 pages ISBN: 9781780015576Publication Date:
5 Jan 2015£15.99 £12.79You save £3.20 (20%)
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Original c1820; this version, RSC, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1995

Faust: Parts I & II

By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

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A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

God and Mephistopheles make a bet on who can win the soul of Dr Faust. The good doctor signs a contract that offers him boundless knowledge and sensual gratification – but on one condition...

This version of Faust by Howard Brenton was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1995.

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Series: NHB Classic Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback,282 pages ISBN: 9781854592040Publication Date:
21 Sep 1995Size: 198mm x 130mm£15.99 £12.79You save £3.20 (20%)
Ebook,282 pages ISBN: 9781780015576Publication Date:
5 Jan 2015£15.99 £12.79You save £3.20 (20%)
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Also by Johann Wolfgang Goethe:

Faust Parts 1 & 2

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Also by Howard Brenton:

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Cancelling Socrates
Anne Boleyn
Doctor Scroggy's War
Dances of Death
Jude
Berlin Bertie
The Blinding Light
Lawrence After Arabia
Never So Good
Creditors
Paul
Drawing the Line
Eternal Love
55 Days
Miss Julie & Creditors
The Shadow Factory
Miss Julie

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