What part from "Doctor Faustus" should i act out?

Question

i need something under 40 lines or so... from Doctor Faustus by Charles Marlowe. im basically looking for a part that is clean and quick and well describes most of if not all of the play

Answer 1

For something descriptive of the entire play I would suggest Faustus' final speech before he is taken to Hell, lines 13.57–113. It begins, "O Faustus, Now hast thou but one bare hour to live, And then thou must be damn'd perpetually!" Another passage, made semi-famous by the film Shakespeare In Love, is well known for it's imagery, when Faustus speaks to the spirit of Helen of Troy, lines 12.81–87.
"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss:
Her lips sucks forth my soul, see where it flies!
Come Helen, come, give me my soul again.
Here will I dwell, for heaven be in these lips,
And all is dross that is not Helena!"
Check the Dr. Faustus Spark Notes for other quotes and tips.