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Faustaff: The Mockery
of the Soul
Cockpit Theatre, London NW8
3/5
LIKE Punch and Judy in 16th-century England, Faust and Mephistopheles shows in Germany originated in the commedia dell’arte.
They were a blunt comedic instrument, poking ridicule at Faust and his association with the Devil.
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