The way in which you present a play considerably changes it's meaning, these are my ideas about how some things should be performed.
"Enter the Good Angel and the Evil Angel"
I would have both angels on stage but above Faustus on separate balconies on opposite sides of the stage. Faustus wouldn't be able to see them but the audience would. Whenever Faustus says something positive or good "fill the public schools with silk" I think he should walk over to the good angel side of the stage but as the things he says get more and more selfish and dark he should walk over to the Evil Angels side of the stage.
I think its important to keep the stage directions and layout simple as it is a play and the audience will want something to clearly show them the choice Faustus is making. By keeping the angels separate and on opposite sides of the stage you are showing a clear divide and polarity of the two characters and it will be an easy thing for the audience to visually interpret. If Faustus was able to see them then I think you would have a problem with why he did just appear to ignore the Good Angel and the audience may not be able to understand why and I think it would be visually awkward to watch and to try and create a scene like that would be difficult to produce and make it look good, I think it would just come across comical with the Good Angel struggling to get the attention of Faustus. I think if Faustus is walking back and forwards between each Angel will make it appear as if he is struggling to resist the temptation of evil so the audience will have been more sympathetic and looked at him like tragic hero rather than an evil character. And as the play starts out in the style of a greek tragedy I think its important to continue that on throughout the play.
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