420: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 24)

About this episode

This episode explores Chapter Twenty-Four of the story of Doctor John Faustus, focusing on a comet that appeared in Germany.

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus , is the book that is the source for Christopher Marlowe's play. Chapter by chapter we will wander through the twists and turns of this story. Chapter Twenty-Four: Of a certain comet that appeared in Germany, and how Doctor Faustus was desired by certain friends of his to know the meaning thereof. Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat here. Thunder sfx thanks to zapsplat.com Our patrons received this episode in October 2024 - approx. 17 months early. They have also already received the next 19 chapters and exploring sessions! The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Crighton

Topics covered

• Doctor John Faustus
• Christopher Marlowe
• literature
• history

Keywords

• comet
• Germany
• patrons
• text exploration

Sponsors

The Malone Society

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Malone Society

Books & works: The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, Sir Thomas More, The Tragedy of Mariam

Places: Germany, Dublin

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