Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonJocelyn Jee Esien and Pauline McLynn are on glorious form and bring out the glee in Marlowe's macabre classicWhen asked why she decided to make Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles female, director Paulette Randall responded: "Why not?" It's a gleefully irreverent response, which seems to have liberated the cast and unlocked the humour nestling in Marlowe's lofty classic. Jocelyn Jee Esien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM on December 10, 2018