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Robert Brustein’s free adaptation of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, set in modern times. In Demons, Faustus has become Peter Proud, a bored Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School, who becomes obsessed with the supernatural world. This adaptation also adds a new section to the play, complete with a new motive behind Proud’s quest for knowledge: the desire to resurrect his late wife. An American Repertory Theatre co-production.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Richard Benjamin as Peter Proud Raymond Fox as First Student Jonathan Fried as David Wagner Jeremy Geidt as Alftedo ‘Fredo’ Sandiaao Timothy Karcher as Cornelius John Lathan as Rapper Paula Prentiss as Laura Proud Matthew Rauch as Second Student Mark Zeisler as Victor

Directed by Ron Daniels. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Waltham in February of 1993.

© 2010 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580817080

Release date

Audiobook: 25 July 2010