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Going to Hell the French Way: HGO’s Faust

By D. L. Groover 5 min read 9 views 0 comments
Going to Hell the French Way: HGO’s Faust
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Leave it to the French to portray Goethe’s dastardly King of Hell as a jaunty 16th-century boulevardier, a bon vivant in red leggings, tight-fitting doublet, pointy shoes, and a pheasant feather in his cap. That’s how this anti-hero has been depicted on stage ever since Charles Gounod’s masterpiece Faust debuted in 1859 (revised with ballet […]

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