Faustbook: A Narrative Poem in the Manner of Five Acts Podcast
1) Faustbook, Background
A short presentation on the legend of Faustus and how Christopher Marlowe came to write his play, how Marlowe came to die and a recitation of Faustus dramatic death in the play.
2) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 1
Chorus speaks: We are outside a house in Württemberg, Anno Domini Fifteen-hundred and Ninety-two. Mummers herald the holiday. *** Image is a Black Hole taken from the Hubble telescope. Music excerp...Show More
3) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 2
A scholar’s gloomy study with a desk cluttered with writings and surrounded by shelves of books *** Music excerpt is Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Chorale No. 35, "Seid Froh Dieweil, Daß euer Heil...Show More
4) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 3
Main room of Faustus house, a large long table occupies the center, laden with food, many chairs about the table. Faustus in the center, seated, is flanked by students to his left and right, eating an...Show More
5) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 4
We are in the scholar’s study again. Many candles are lit in many places around the room; and now on closer view by panning and close-ups, we see the instruments of necromancy: a glass globe containin...Show More
6) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 5
On New Year’s eve, Faustus sits in his gloomy study, pondering the sunset which he sees by its glorious inference upon the frosted panes of his mullioned windows, illuminating each glass square, gleam...Show More
7) Faustbook Act 1 Scene 6
Again in Faustus’ study, which is lit now by light of a single candle that shines upon his face; the solitary image in the darkness *** Image is a still frame from F.W. Murnau’s silent film Faust. ...Show More
8) Faustbook Act 2 Scene 1 (& Interlude)
In the marketplace: carts of goods, slaughtered livestock and vegetables such as stored for winter; stalls of freshly baked breads and cakes and other delights; and merry minstrels, mischievous magici...Show More
9) Faustbook Act 2 Scene 2
A woods on a summery day, a mountain is above and beyond the horizon of the forest, distantly, a pearly cascade plunges from its peak and where it crashes a mist rises. *** Music excerpt is Prokof...Show More
10) Faustbook Act 2 Scene 3
A child’s room in the home of one who is well-to-do by standards of the sixteenth-century, probably an official of some dukedom whose wealth is acquired by taxes upon men who are mostly poor. *** Mus...Show More