In this edition of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (1604), Kitty Datta, author of Natural Magic (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965), provides a long introduction relating the play to the life and thought of the Renaissance and Reformation, including diabolism and magic in myth and practice, and to the dramatic tradition. Students will also find an overview of modern interpretations of the play, extensive annotations, and appendices presenting excerpts from the English Faust book, and important textual variants.