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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:

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

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