Blog about performance

Dr Faustus is highly 'non-realistic' also highly symbollic, this opens the play up to a wide variety of kinds of staging. Shows of devils dancing and allegorical characters makes an interesting play with interesting effects. The way Dr Faustus is performed will vary and the props used and positioning of characters will also vary, this will form different opinions from the audiences as they are largely important in getting across key ideas during plays from the shakesperian era. It was believeed that the first performance of Dr Faustus was performed at the Rose theatre, on the 30th September 1594. It was said to be a real money-spinner for the theatre as it included many exciting special effects such as fireworks and a dragon, which was rare from a 16th centrury production. The unrealistic props such as the dragon add to the unrealistic tone of Dr Faustus. Many characters used in Dr Faustus plays will often have to play more than one charcter, this reinforces the neccesity of the chorus giving a brief introduction about the play to make a more informative audience.