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“1592] CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE - The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Dr. Faustus is generally believed to have been written in the last year of Marlowe's life, well after his Tamburlaine (1587) and The Jew of Malta (1589?). Marlowe based his work on what was supposed to have happened to a German necromancer of the 16th century. It's a legend that has inspired many other works of art, most notably Goethe's play Faust (1808), the operas by Arrigo Boito (Mefistofele, 1868) and Charles Gounod (1860), and various pieces of music by Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, Schumann and Louis Spohr. Marlowe's play, directed by Richard Burton and Neville Coghill, was filmed in 1967, with Burton as Faustus and Elizabeth Taylor as a silent Helen of Troy. Notable performances in the play in the 20th century, either as Faustus or Mephistophiles, have been given by D. A. Clarke-Smith, Noel Willman, Robert Harris, Hugh Griffith, Cedric Hardwicke, Paul Daneman, Michael Goodliffe, Orson Welles, Jack Carter and Ben Kingsley.
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