"For this updated edition of one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays, Tom Lockwood has added a new introductory section on the latest scholarly trends, performance and adaptation practices which have occurred over the last two decades. Investigating the latest critical frames through which the play has been interpreted, the updated introduction also focuses on recent international performances on stage and screen (including Al Pacino's performances...

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

"Faust needs money in order to continue with his scientific explorations. After being shooed away by his perverse father, who loves his profession when it comes to gynecology, he finds the moneylender Mauricio, who takes a keen interest in him, despite refusing everything Faust offers to pawn. The adventures these two have together comprise most of the film, that in the second half concentrates on Faust's obsession with Margarite, a peasant beauty...