Johannes Dokchtor Faust

Johannes Dokchtor Faust: A Petrifying Puppet Comedye by The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater, translated and directed by Vít Hořejš, offers the Czech marionette classic in a definitive American translation of the classic Czech text by the author known today only as "A.B.".
The story of the learned Johannes Faust, who sold his soul to the devil for ultimate knowledge, was dramatized in Marlowe's "Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (ca. 1589) and Goethe's "Faust" (1780-1833). Marlowe's play is said to have influenced German and Dutch puppeteers, who in turn influenced Czech puppeteers. Czech marionette plays began appearing in the 17th and 18th centuries and "Faust" became a puppet-stage blockbuster. The text by A.B. was adapted into English in 1990 by Vít Hořejš and was published by Dilia, Prague in 1993.
With marionette theater, the Czechs brought commedia to the Faustian canon. They introduced the jester, Pimple (Kasparek), into the story as well as three other clown characters: Faust's comic guards, Dumpling and Bigcheeze, and his German valet, Wagner.