Faust in France by Christopher Shorr An Adaptation of "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe Christopher Shorr 1010 N. New Street Bethlehem, PA 18018
[email protected] 484-695-3564 CHARACTERS FAUST, a scientist for the German Army. HABER, Faust's friend and accomplished chemist. Inventor of scientific process used to generate poison gas in WWI. CLARA, Haber's dead wife. Also a chemist. HANS, a male German soldier. Re-animated to play: SIN OF THE TRENCH, FRIAR and ATTENDANT. ANNA, a young female German soldier. Re-animated to play: SIN OF NO MAN'S LAND, THE DUCHESS SOPHIE and FRIAR FRITZ, a waterboy for the German army. Re-animated to play: SIN OF MUSTARD GAS and Faust's puppet JURGEN, a young male German Soldier. Re-animated to play: SIN OF BOY SOLDIER, ARCHDUKE FERDINAND and FRIAR ERNST, a male German soldier. Re-animated to play: SIN OF SHELL SHOCK, THE POPE and ATTENDANT KARL, a male German soldier. Re-animated to play: SIN OF JEALOUSY OF NATIONS, FRIAR and EMPEROR FRANZ JOESPH HAUPTMANN, a male German soldier who outranks the others. Re- animated to play: SIN OF MACHINE GUN, ATTENDANT and CARDINAL OF LORRAIN CHORUS/LUCIFER, king of Hell. MEPHISTOPHILIS, Lucifer's servant in Hell. GOOD ANGEL EVIL ANGEL NOTE: This development of this script included an initial production at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, followed by a development workshop and reading at Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theatre as part of the WHAT Lab series supported in part by Moravian College's Faculty Development and Research Committee.