Daily Archives: Sunday: December 22, 2013

Faustian Latin III – 1st Scholar

Posted on Sunday: December 22, 2013 by Michael Hendry

The 1st Scholar has only one tiny bit of Latin: I.1.186: Sic próbo. SEEK PRO-bo. Sic is ‘thus’ – still used in square brackets to show that something inside quotation marks was misspelled by the author, not the editor. Probo … Continue reading →

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Faustian Latin II – The Friars

Posted on Sunday: December 22, 2013 by Michael Hendry

When Faustus and Mephistophilis disrupt the Pope’s dinner in Act III, the monks who curse them have two bits of Latin, the first repeated half a dozen times: III.1.831: Màledícat Dóminus. This is basically three and a half trochees: Mah-leh-DEE-caht … Continue reading →

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Faustian Latin I – General Remarks

Posted on Sunday: December 22, 2013 by Michael Hendry

A few months ago, I promised some grad students putting on a production of Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus that I would help them with the Latin. Now that I’m back from Germany – more on that later – it’s time I … Continue reading →

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