Faustus (play)

Faustus
Faustus
Written by	David Mamet
Directed by	David Mamet
Date premiered	March 2004
Place premiered	San Francisco
Original language	English
Genre	Drama

Faustus is a two act play by

Faust legend

.

Plot

In this version, Faustus is a married young scientist and philosopher with a child in the 1900s. However, after his latest work is slammed by critics, he makes a demonic deal with a bizarre party entertainer, 'Magus'.

Reception

Variety's Dennis Harvey wrote a negative review, criticizing the dialogue, lack of emotion and staging, saying, "Those who suspect Mamet the director is far from Mamet the writer’s best interpreter will find that notion amply supported here. Even allowing for the lumpy prose, which would sap energy under any circumstances, the physical production is remarkably stilted."^[3]

References

^ Hernandez, Ernio. "David Mamet to Direct World Premiere of His 'Dr. Faustus' at San Francisco's Magic" Playbill, October 21, 2003
^ "Review of 'Faustus'" Archived 2014-10-15 at archive.today mamet.eserver.org, March 2004, accessed october 24, 2015
^ Harvey, Dennis. "Review" Variety, March 9, 2004

External links

Faustus Archived 2014-10-15 at archive.today at The David Mamet Society

[1] Hernandez, Ernio. "David Mamet to Direct World Premiere of His 'Dr. Faustus' at San Francisco's Magic" Playbill, October 21, 2003

[2] "Review of 'Faustus'" Archived 2014-10-15 at archive.today mamet.eserver.org, March 2004, accessed october 24, 2015

[3] Harvey, Dennis. "Review" Variety, March 9, 2004

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Plays written	The Duck Variations Sexual Perversity in Chicago Squirrels American Buffalo Reunion The Water Engine A Life in the Theatre The Woods Lakeboat Edmond The Frog Prince Glengarry Glen Ross Vint The Shawl Speed-the-Plow Bobby Gould in Hell Oleanna The Cryptogram The Old Neighborhood Boston Marriage Faustus Romance November Race The Anarchist China Doll The Penitent
Films written only	A Life in the Theatre (1979) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) The Verdict (1982) The Untouchables (1987) We're No Angels (1989) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Hoffa (1992) The Water Engine (1992) A Life in the Theatre (1993) American Buffalo (1996) The Edge (1997) Wag the Dog (1997) Ronin (1998) Lansky (1999) Lakeboat (2000) Hannibal (2001) Edmond (2005)
Films written and directed	House of Games (1987) Things Change (1988) Homicide (1991) Oleanna (1994) The Spanish Prisoner (1997) The Winslow Boy (1999) State and Main (2000) Heist (2001) Spartan (2004) Redbelt (2008) Lost Masterpieces of Pornography (2010) Phil Spector (2013)
Books written	On Directing Film (1991) Three Uses of the Knife (1998) True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (1999) The Wicked Son (2006)
TV series created	The Unit (2006–2009)
Family	Rebecca Pidgeon Lindsay Crouse Zosia Mamet Clara Mamet Lynn Mamet