“GOOD ANGELSweet Faustus, leave that execrable art.FAUSTUSContrition, prayer, repentance: what of them?GOOD ANGELO, they are means to bring thee unto heaven.EVIL ANGELRather illusions, fruits of lunacy,That makes men foolish that do trust them most.GOOD ANGELSweet Faustus, think of heaven and heavenly thingsEVIL ANGELNo Faustus, think of honour and of wealth.FAUSTUSOf Wealth!” Christopher Marlowe Dr Faustus: The […]
“JOHNWell, there are those who would say it’s a form of aggression.CAROLWhat is?JOHNA surprise.”– David Mamet, Oleander Stansted Airport, London, England – Present Day “Could you identify any of the people you saw in the tunnel that night?” asked Abby. “No. Not at the time. I’m tired,” said Joe, “Maybe the Bureau can spring for […]
“MERCUTIO Sometime she driveth o’er a soldier’s neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathoms deep; and then anon Drums in his ear at which he starts, And wakes, and being thus frightened swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very […]
NARRATOR: I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didn’t quite see the street you were in, and didn’t quite hear everything that was said to you. You’re […]
“CAVALE I mean I can’t be the saint people dream of now. People want a street angel. They want a saint but with a cowboy mouth. Somebody to get off on when they can’t get off on themselves. I think that’s what Mick Jagger is trying to do, what Bob Dylan seemed to be for […]
SIGISMUND The rich man dreams his riches which are cares, The poor man dreams his penury and pain, The man who prospers dreams, the man who strives, The man who hurts men, and the man who’s hurt, All dream. So what’s this life? A fraud, a frenzy, A trick, a tale, a shadow, an illusion.And all our life is nothing […]