Stories Short Story The Shakespeare Notebooks Story: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Master Faustus 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, June 12, 2014 Written by Matthew Sweet, Julian Richards, Justin Richards, James Goss, Jonathan Morris Time Travel Past Synopsis One of the more extraordinary inclusions in the Shakespeare Notebooks in this extract from a play entitled Master Faustus. On the face of it, this seems to be either an early draft or a reworking of the play Doctor Faustus - which was written, of course, by Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher Marlowe. Or was it? Did Shakespeare include in his Notebooks material actually written by Mawlowe, or is this proof that Marlowe himself derived his own work from a previous text by Shakespeare? // Whatever the truth, this extract makes for fascinating reading - not least for the inclusion of Marlowe as a character within the drama. His death has some resonance with the actual event, though with its inclusion of "Daleks" (presumably evil spirits) this is evidently intended as a "fantasie". Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Christopher Marlowe Daleks The Tremas Master Show All Characters (3) How to read Master Faustus: Books The Shakespeare Notebooks Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics More Ratings Needed! 3 ratings The Time Scales AVG. Rating1 votes 4.50 / 5 Member Statistics Read 7 Favourited 0 Reviewed 0 Saved 0 Skipped 0 Owned 1 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote