Faustus: That Damned Woman

Faustus: That Damned Woman

By Chris Bush
Paperback $24.95

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Publication Date: 27th October 2020

Award-winning playwright Chris Bush reimagines the Faust myth to explore what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness, and the legacy that we leave behind. Read More
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Award-winning playwright Chris Bush reimagines the Faust myth to explore what we must sacrifice to achieve greatness, and the legacy that we leave behind. Read More
Description

Faustus: That Damned Woman is a radical new work in which the iconic character of Faustus becomes a woman who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to traverse centuries and change the course of history.

It is premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2020, in a co-production with Headlong and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, prior to a UK tour.

Details
  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 96
  • Carton Quantity: 0
  • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
  • Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • Publication Date: 27th October 2020
  • Trim Size: 5 x 7.75 in
  • ISBN: 9781848429314
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
    DRAMA / Women Authors
Reviews

"With a ruggedly lyrical style, the writing echoes and counterpoints Marlowe's original play but Bush takes the story in exciting new directions... lively and engaging, peppered with humour... an entertaining, lucid piece of storytelling which bursts with ideas and speculation."

- BritishTheatre.com

"A re-examination of the most famous pact in world literature from a female slant… rich with ideas... Bush's writing abounds with flair and rhythm."

- Daily Telegraph

"Original, ambitious and fantastically revisionist."

- Guardian
Author Bio

Chris Bush is a playwright, lyricist and theatre-maker. Her plays include: Faustus: That Damned Woman (Headlong, Lyric Hammersmith & Birmingham Rep, 2020); The Last Noël (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2019); The Changing Room (National Theatre Connections, 2018); Steel (Sheffield Theatres, 2018); an adaptation of Pericles (National Theatre, London, 2018); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, written with Matt Winkworth (Theatr Clwyd, 2018); What We Wished For and A Dream.

Faustus: That Damned Woman is a radical new work in which the iconic character of Faustus becomes a woman who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to traverse centuries and change the course of history.

It is premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2020, in a co-production with Headlong and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, prior to a UK tour.

  • Price: $24.95
  • Pages: 96
  • Carton Quantity: 0
  • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
  • Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • Publication Date: 27th October 2020
  • Trim Size: 5 x 7.75 in
  • ISBN: 9781848429314
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
    DRAMA / Women Authors

"With a ruggedly lyrical style, the writing echoes and counterpoints Marlowe's original play but Bush takes the story in exciting new directions... lively and engaging, peppered with humour... an entertaining, lucid piece of storytelling which bursts with ideas and speculation."

– BritishTheatre.com

"A re-examination of the most famous pact in world literature from a female slant… rich with ideas... Bush's writing abounds with flair and rhythm."

– Daily Telegraph

"Original, ambitious and fantastically revisionist."

– Guardian

Chris Bush is a playwright, lyricist and theatre-maker. Her plays include: Faustus: That Damned Woman (Headlong, Lyric Hammersmith & Birmingham Rep, 2020); The Last Noël (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2019); The Changing Room (National Theatre Connections, 2018); Steel (Sheffield Theatres, 2018); an adaptation of Pericles (National Theatre, London, 2018); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, written with Matt Winkworth (Theatr Clwyd, 2018); What We Wished For and A Dream.