Review: Doctor Faustus
by Samuel L. Leiter Last autumn, New York theatergoers had the rare opportunity to witness Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine; now, another of that infrequently revived Elizabethan playwright's dramas of grandiose aspiration, Doctor Faustus, is available on a local stage. I had some reservations about Tamburlaine, but, when compared to this uninspired, ploddingly paced, dully designed, and […]