Faust Gallery

Goethe s Faust

Goethe s Faust . Painting of Henry Ainley as Faust and Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Mephistopheles by Buchel. Early 20th century postcard. German poet, novelist, dramatist, and philosopher, 1749-1832. Opera based on Goethe's poem by Gounod and other source by Busoni

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Faust by W. G. Wills - Henry Irving as Mephistopheles

Faust by W. G. Wills (a free adaptation of Goethes version). First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 19th December 1885. Henry Irving is shown as Mephistopheles, a part he created in Wills version, and played almost five hundred times. Date: 1902

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Faust in Five Minutes, by Henry Walker

Promotional music sheet for Faust in Five Minutes, a Musical Medley Historiette written by Henry Walker and sung by Howard Paul. This song of about 1874 was performed at Mr & Mrs Howard Pauls entertainment, a more refined entertainment than the music hall. Faust in Five Minutes tells the Faust legend, and was probably inspired by the French composer, Hector Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust which was first performed in 1846. This musical entertainment has compressed the story into five minutes. Howard Paul was a comic writer and singer, and here he appears as Mephistopheles. Mephistopheles is the Devil's henchman, and persuades Faust into bargaining away his soul. The illustrator of the music sheet is the celebrated artist Alfred Concanen Date: circa 1874

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