Jumping The Life To Come: How The Extraordinary Bargain Of Dr Faustus Has Influenced Writers & Artists

Presented by Mary Sharp

When theatre audiences first saw Marlowe’s Dr Faustus exchange his soul for 24 years of worldly pleasures, they were horrified and terrified in equal part. Numerous writers and artists have borrowed and adapted the famous story from Goethe’s plays and Berlioz’s opera to Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray and Brian Cranston’s television hit Breaking Bad.  This lecture explores the origins of the extraordinary story and what the interpretations show us about our attitude to sin, pleasure and the afterlife.

Dates and Locations

Wednesday​ 15 July 2026 Tamworth (NSW)

Click on your preferred location above for more details and to book tickets.