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The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe
Adapted by James Butler Activities by Kenneth Brodey

Tragedy

Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar, enters into an agreement with the Devil. He agrees to sell his soul in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches. Buthe eventually realises the full implications of his rash action.

Dossiers within the reader:
Christopher Marlowe and Elizabethan Espionage and others Playscript

  • Playscript
  • Audio CD is included


Features:

  • aimed at teenagers and adults
  • introduction about the author and his/her times
  • wide variety of motivating activities
  • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams
  • fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text
  • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities
  • extensive vocabulary footnotes
  • exit tests
  • guided Internet projects
  
The list below shows the main grammatical structures used at level B2.1:

Present Perfect Simple with the first/second/etc. time that … – Present Perfect Continuous with for & since – Passive forms with the Present Perfect Simple – Reported speech with precise reporting verbs (e.g. suggest, promise, apologise, etc.) – 3rd Conditional: if + past perfect, … would(n’t) have – All conditionals with may &
might – Non-defining relative clauses with which & whose – Clauses of concession with even though, in spite of & despite


Answer key and playscript is available online (please contact us for password)

  • Tragedy of Dr. Faustus Reader + audio CD

    ISBN: 978-88-7754-796-5
    Size: 14.5 x 19
    Weight: 245gr Pages: 128
    Price: 13.78€   11.02€
      
 
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