In a new version of the enduring myth, Chris Bush sets the story in 17th-century London with a young woman who sells her soul A man (it is almost always a man) strikes a deal for greatness and pays a terrible price for it. The Faust myth teaches us to be careful of what we wish for, that pride comes before a fall, that nothing comes for free. Faustus is bored by the limits of his mortality (and his humanity) and so s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM on December 11, 2019