The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce

INTRODUCTION

According to "Some Account of the Life of Mr. W. Mountfort" prefixed to the collected plays of 1720, William Mountfort, successful playwright and actor, was born "the Son of Captain _Mountfort_, a Gentleman of a good Family in _Staffordshire_; and he spent the greatest Part of his Younger Years in that County, without being bred up to any Employment."...