[CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE][X]
[The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus]
Persons in the Play
Doctor Faustus
Wagner, his servant
Mephistophilis
Lucifer
The Emperor
Benvolio, Martino, Frederick, gentlemen of the emperor's court
Bruno
The Pope
Three Scholars, Cardinals, Lords, Devils, Phantoms, Good and Evil Angels, etc., Chorus.
Act I
Scene I.—Faustus in his study, reading a volume on necromancy.
Faustus: All things that move between the quiet poles
Shall be at my command: emperors and kings
Are but obeyed in their several provinces;
But his dominion that excels in this
Stretches as far as does the mind of man.
A sound magician is a demi-god.