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Who first played Doctor Faustus in Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy?

July 26, 2020September 29, 2011 by Pamela Landy

Edward Alleyn played Doctor Faustus in the original production of Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy, circa 1589.

Alleyn also played the lead in Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great (1587).

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