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According to the main article, Goethe's Faust is a closet drama, meaning it was meant to be read rather than performed. As there is no reference to performances, I'm assuming this is true. There have been many theatrical works called "Faust" or similar, but they have (or will eventually have) their own pages.--Dereksmootz (talk) 17:59, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I have restored the Theatre tag, because according to the German version of this article, Faust has indeed been performed on stage. --Kyoko 23:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Even if it hadn't, it still belongs under the Theatre project, since this covers drama. DionysosProteus (talk) 11:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Faust has been performed on stage several times, I can´t believe there is even a discussion about this! If I remember the lessons I had in German correctly it is one of the most performed plays, at least in Germany. Faust I is performed more often because it is easier to understand, unlike Faust II which is considerably longer and full of mythological references.79.4.187.17 (talk) 15:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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First published

In Henry Morley's 1883 introduction to the english translation of The First Part of Goethe's Faust, he says the play was first published in 1806. However, other sources say that Faust I was first published in 1808 in volume VIII of Goethe's Werke by Cotta in Stuttgart. I wouldn't give that much credence to Morley's introduction except that he was a Professor of English Literature at University College, London. Anyone know which is right? Kaldari (talk) 16:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

1808 seems certain; see File:Goethe Faust I 1808.jpg. 1806 is usually quoted as the year Goethe finished this version, but I've never heard of 1806 as the date of its first publication. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:19, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

1808! No doubt about that. --92.226.80.7 (talk) 10:24, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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