Faust is unsatisfied with his life as a scholar and becomes depressed. After an attempt to take his own life, he calls on … See more

The tale of Faust bears many similarities to the Theophilus legend recorded in the 13th century writer Gautier de Coincy's Les Miracles de la Sainte Vierge. Here, a saintly figure makes a bargain with the keeper of the infernal … See more

Staufen, a town in the extreme southwest of Germany, claims to be where Faust died (c. 1540); depictions appear on buildings, etc. The only historical source for this tradition is a passage in the Chronik der Grafen von … See more

The early Faust chapbook, while in circulation in northern Germany, found its way to England, where in 1592 an English translation was published, The Historie of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Ioh… See more

• Faust and Marguerite, a short copyrighted by Edison Manufacturing Co. in 1900
• Faust, an obscure (now lost) 1921 American silent film directed by Frederick A. Todd … See more

The Christopher Marlowe play has been broadcast on radio many times, including:
• On 29 June 1932, the BBC Regional Programme broadcast "A Tragical History of the Renaissance Arranged in ten Scenes for Broadca… See more