Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith ...
LIKE Punch and Judy in 16th-century England, Faust and Mephistopheles shows in Germany originated in the commedia dell’arte. They were a blunt comedic instrument, poking ridicule at Faust and his ...
Denni Allen makes a delightful Mephistopheles, somewhat coy and aloof, domineering, and beautifully expansive in his moment, ever tempting Faustus to greater sin. He suffers, however, from a fault ...
Even with so many actors pivoting around the tug of love between Faust and Mephistopheles, at first glance this seems like a spectacle that could have been housed in a more regular theatre space.