Dramaturgical Resources
2006
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights
By Gertrude Stein
Over the course of the season, our assistant directors and student dramaturgs will be compiling dramaturgical resources relating to each production as it develops. Below are some links to websites which relate to the history of the play, the biography of the playwright, and sites that contextualize and, we hope, shed light on the directorial approach to the dramatic material.
We hope you find these resources of interest.
Gertrude Stein (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
An enormous amount of online material exists relating to both Gertrude Stein and her work, and to the Faust myth and various Faust authors. Below, we've listed some of these websites and divided them thematically into groups. Additionally, we've listed some other resources pertaining to thematic concerns evident in the text or referenced conceptually in the production.
Gertrude Stein
Tenderbuttons: Gertrude Stein Online
Modern American Poetry: Gertrude Stein
Stein Reads Her Own Work
Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus
SparkNotes: Doctor Faustus - Synopsis, Text, and Commentary
Goethe and Goethe's Faust
A pocket biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust articles and resources from About.com
Faust in General
Electricity
The Minds that Discovered Electricity
Marshall McLuhan on Electricity, Media and Identity
Another pocket biography of McLuhan
McLuhan and Identity in the Technological Age
1938
Nobel Prize presentation speech awarding Nobel Prize in Physics to Enrico Fermi