Sound & Fury's "Doc Faustus"

comedy · sound & fury · Ages 13+ · United States

Sound & Fury's 'Doc Faustus' - A Soulless Western in Vaudeville Style

June 01, 2012

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Nouveau-Vaudeville Trio Sound & Fury Sets its Parody Gun-Sights on “Doc Faustus” at the Hollywood Fringe

LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2012 — After touring Edinburgh Fringe hits “Cyranose!” (2008) and “Sherlock Holmes & the Saline Solution” (2009) around the world, the boys from Los Angeles go local with their eighth in a series of genre-parody Vaudeville-Nouveau plays: ‘Sound & Fury’s “Doc Faustus!”’

The parody-mashup is a silly romp in the American Old West, filtered through the eyes of Christopher Marlowe’s famous soul-seller, Doctor John Faustus. It premiered at the 2011 Winnipeg Fringe, where it garnered 4 & 5-star reviews, and was shortlisted for “People’s Choice” at the 2012 Adelaide Fringe. Before heading back to Edinburgh this August, t...