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'
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.