investigate some stage versions of the play. See if you can find any reviews of performances that explore the choices that were made in different productions. Some might try to recreate what they take to be Goethes intentions. But others adapt the play for different times and places.

Source: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l47w91x7hu7efi4/goethe-faust-trans-walterkaufmann.pdf?dl=0