"Doctor Faustus" (excerpts) by Christopher Marlowe (poetry reading)

[abergerwithfries]

Very well done! Bravo! I thought the first bit was the best, the Helen of Troy section, where Faustus' final monologue seemed a little dry. I tend to think of that scene as having more emotion and in the end more desperation by Faustus, but I can appreciate your more understated approach.

Again, bravo! Much appreciated!

[bloodbuddy7]

Can someone help me out? My english teacher keeps asserting that Marlow was an athiest on the basis of some speeches delivered by Faustus's evil angel (on his shoulder) and Mephistopheles. It seems like very weak reasoning to me (obviously devils are going to say things against God and religion!). Is there more to this?

[andTheCreativist]

...that Faustus, what a pitiful man.

[andTheCreativist]

...that Faustus, what a pitiful man.

[shahanajali]

wonderful!!!

[SanGuevara]

(Whistles in admiration)

[mrsauguste]

Amazing voice. How did you develop your skill?

[NihilNominis]

My favourite play! Thanks!

[RezaHossain]

It reminds me of my University mid day Class rooms ( Khulna University,Bangladesh ) where I studied Doctor Faustus.Thx for the great upload

[adilkairi27]

play christopher marlowe

[Nacha255]

"Poor Kit Marlowe - he was only a boy - look at his crazy hair - what a pity that somebody knifed him in a pub."

Kit Marlowe wasn't killed in a pub. He was killed in Eleanor Bull's house, which was a respectable establishment and possibly a safe-house for spies (Marlowe was probably a spy and the three people there with him that day all had connections with espionage). Also, Marlowe was 29 when he was killed. That portrait, which is not certainly of him, woulf have been painted when he was 21.

[SpokenVerse]

Apart from that, Mrs Lincoln, what did you think of the play?

My remarks aren't meant to be taken seriously, you know, they are silly/facetious.

Thank you for your comment all the same. I'm sure many listeners will find it thought-provoking and informative.

[heliotropezzz333]

@Nacha255 Why do you say that the portrait was certainly not of him. It came from the university college he attended and the painting is Elizabethan. The age of the man depicted would have coincided with his age at the time.The university thinks it's him

[Nacha255]

I did not say that it's certainly not of him. I said that it's not certainly of him. The word order is important. "Certainly not" means that there's no possibility. "Not certainly" means that there is a possibility, but we don't know for sure. That's what I was saying.

[JustSomePerson888]

@Nacha255 - if you like odd co-incidences, didn't that take place at somewhere called watergate, and apparently the tempest that scuppered the Armada took place on 9-11 of that year.

the English he wrote in is closest to today's - much moreso than in Shakespeare's writings, i find that also important based around an article Dan Winter wrote about how English letters come from Native American alphabets, Hunbatz Men has a book with that info also, Secrets of Mayan Science/Religion.

coverups.

[JustSomePerson888]

@Nacha255 - if you're interested, this be one of the webpages on it,

206.192.23.201/dan/connectivit­y/phibiz/cherokee/index.html

and bearing in mind, Rosslyn chapel carvings suggest Templar travels to the 'new world' long before any official history dates it, as does the fact that Egyptian Pharaohs have been found with cocaine in them.

& Book of Enoch and many more were removed from the Bible after Elizabeth I's reign.

[undercoat1965]

Fabulous reading - really bought it too life - thanks!