Its author partly based the title character on John Dee, who cast the horoscope of Queen Elizabeth.
Its author partly based the title character on John Dee, who cast the horoscope of Queen Elizabeth. It ends with the three scholars discussing the title character's death, and includes such real life figures as the magicians Roger Bacon and Cornelius Agrippa as well as Charles V of Germany. Before receiving a kiss from Helen, the title character famously asks her "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships. This happens after Wagner intuits his intent and after one of his many conversations with Mephistopheles. FTP, name this play by Christopher Marlowe on the Faust legend.
Its author partly based the title character on John Dee, who cast the horoscope of Queen Elizabeth.
{Doctor Faustus}