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Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of your own actions.

The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

September 13, 2026 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR18 BINGO: Success, because Dr. Faustus sells his soul to the devil to become a successful magician Notes: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus exists in 2 versions. The “A” version was published in 1606, and the expanded “B” version was published in 1616. The revisions and additions to the 1616 version are typically attributed to other playwrights, possibly with some input from Christopher Marlowe (both versions were published after Marlowe died, so who really knows for sure). I read the 1606 “A” version, which […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr18, cbr18bingo, Christopher Marlowe, Elizabethan, elizabethan theatre, KimMiE", plays

KimMiE"'s CBR18 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr18, cbr18bingo, Christopher Marlowe, Elizabethan, elizabethan theatre, KimMiE", plays ·
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Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

War of the Worlds by Orson Welles

Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer

Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

Gaslight/Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton

Rope by Patrick Hamilton

August 4, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Look Back in Anger – 3/5 I took a class in grad school called “Post-War British Masculinity” and lest you think it was just a code-word for “Angry Young Men” we also read some tremendously good books like the Collected Philip Larkin, Brideshead Revisited, and The Jewel in the Crown. This was also one of the books we read, though we mainly talked about the movie, since it starred a very histrionic Richard Burton in full “RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT” kind […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anthony Shaffer, Christopher Marlowe, John Osborne, Orson Welles, Patrick Hamilton

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:441 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anthony Shaffer, Christopher Marlowe, John Osborne, Orson Welles, Patrick Hamilton ·
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