The first of this play's two prologues is set in a theater, in which a director, a poet and an actor discuss the purpose of the theater.
The first of this play's two prologues is set in a theater, in which a director, a poet and an actor discuss the purpose of the theater. While the Dies Irae is being sung in the background, a character in this play is tormented by an evil spirit while in a church. That character, who finds some jewellery placed in her room by the antagonist, ends up drowning her own child. This play's title character is taken to Auerbach's Cellar and a Walpurgisnacht celebration, and falls in love with Gretchen. This play is about a scholar who is dissatisfied with the knowledge he has gained from his studies. For 10 points, name this play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe whose title character makes a deal with Mephistopheles.
The first of this play's two prologues is set in a theater, in which a director, a poet and an actor discuss the purpose of the theater.
Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy [or Faust. Eine TragÃ¶die; or Faust. Der TragÃ¶die erster Teil]