421: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 25)

About this episode

This episode explores Chapter Twenty-Five of 'The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus', focusing on a question posed to Doctor Faustus about the stars.

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-Five: A question put forth to Doctor Faustus concerning the stars. 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. 18 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 subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Crighton

Topics covered

• Doctor John Faustus
• Christopher Marlowe
• literature
• theater

Keywords

• Marlowe
• Faustus
• patrons
• text exploration

Sponsors

The Malone Society

Mentioned in this episode

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

Places: Dublin

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