title: Faustus: A Play
author:  David Mamet 
description: No modern playwright has been bolder or more brilliant. <i>The New Yorker<br /><br /></i>Pinter, Albee, Miller. Theyre all looking over Mamets shoulder. <i>New York</i>
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  # The Comical History of Doctor Faustus
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Frank Morlock
  
  
  Act I.
  
  
  Act II.
  
  
  Act III.
  
  
  Act IV.
  
  
  Act V.
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  THE COMICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS
  
  
  Based on an anonymous French play
  
  
  
      
  
  
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  Faustus
  
  
  The Devil
  
  
  The Devil's wife
  
  
  The Scullery Maid (Helen)