![]() The relationship between the texts is uncertain and many modern editions print both. Among the lines shared by both versions, there are some small but significant changes in wording for example, “Never too late, if Faustus can repent” in the 1604 text becomes “Never too late, if Faustus will repent” in the 1616 text, a change that offers a very different possibility for Faustus’s hope and repentance. ![]() The 1616 version omits 36 lines but adds 676 new lines, making it roughly one third longer than the 1604 version. Two versions of the play exist, one published in 1604 and the other in 1616. (Links to the texts are at the bottom of the page.) Title page to a 1620 printing of Doctor Faustus showing Faustus and a demon rising through a stage trap door.
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