Christopher Marlowe’s Dr Faustus (Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts)
When
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 20:30 – 22:00
Church of St John the Evangelist
Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
Time
20:30 – 22:00
Price guide
Not listed — worth a quick ask
About this event
Christopher Marlowe’s famous tragedy, Doctor Faustus, was first performed around 1595, just a few years after the first translation into English of a medieval legend about a doctor-turned-necromancer, who makes a pact with the devil. A key part of the play is Faust ‘s exchange with Mephistopheles, the devil’s intermediary. By this means Marlowe examines Faustus’s grandiose, but ultimately futile, intellectual ambitions. Michael Daviot – Faust Susan Chynoweth – Mephisto Tim Barrow – Wagner Janet de Vigne, Felicity Cullen: scholars and demons Directed by Janet de Vigne. TICKETS on sale from Fringe Box Office and Eventbrite Tuesday 6-7pm pre-performance discussion in St John’s hosted by the Scottish Network for Religion and Literature.
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