Scheible was a German publisher and bookseller, known particularly for his review Das Kloster (the convent) – published in Stuttgart from 1845 to 1850. It dealt with all forms of popular arts using the German language. It published several puppet plays. Only a year after Simrock, Scheible thus published six different Faust – one of which was the version printed by August von Below in 1836. The present version keeps several elements from the traditional Faust of English Comedy, notably Pickelhäring (Pickelhering) (a comic stock character), although he only appears in two scenes and plays a very minor role. The appearance of Alexander the Great at the court of Prague is reminiscent of Christopher Marlowe’s (1564-1593) play, in which Faust made him appear at Charles V’s court.

Charon asks Pluto – the ruler of the underworld – to make devils deliver more souls to him. In Wittenberg, Doctor Faust dreams of knowing everything there is to know and learns necromancy: he then makes a deal with the devil Mephistopheles. They leave together for Prague, where they make Alexander the Great and his wife Padamera appear. When he is back in Wittenberg, Faust wants to repent, but Mephistopheles tempts him by offering him the fair Helen of Troy. In the end, during a dinner with his students, everyone abandons Faust: he knows that his final hour has come. At midnight, he will be damned.