Demons
(2014)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : L.A. Theatre Works : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 25 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781580817080 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11091681, 1580817084 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11091681
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by a full cast
Demons is a free adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, set in modern times. In Doctor Faustus a learned Doctor of Divinity sells his soul to the devil Mephostophilis for forbidden knowledge. In Demons, Dr Faustus has become Peter Proud, a Professor of Christian Values at Harvard Divinity School, and this adaptation also ads a whole new section to the play, with a new character, the hero's dead wife, and a new motive behind his quest for knowledge: the desire to resurrect her
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