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		biztos on Aug 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deals with the devil aren't what they used to be The point depends on the version, no? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_based_on_Faust Marlowe being neither the first nor the most influential.

jfengel on Aug 16, 2024 [–]

Yeah, true. I'm a Shakespearean actor, and so Marlowe's version is most important to me. It has at least has one famous line ("The face that launched a thousand ships").

I actually should at least familiarize myself with Goethe's version.

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