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The Devil Is an Ass

on BBC Radio 3

by Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Pug, a lesser devil, is bored with minor mischief-making and wants to go to London to commit real devilry. But he is totally outclassed by the merchants of the city and finds that life in hell is heaven compared with life on earth.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Jonson
Adapted by:
Peter Barnes
Music by:
Stephen Boxer
Directed by:
Ian Cotterell
Pug:
Jonathan Tafler
Satan:
Peter Bayliss
Wrath:
Anthony Jackson
Lady Vanity:
Caroline Gruber
Covetousness:
Stephen Boxer
Iniquity:
Norman Bird
Pitfall/Woman:
Victoria Carling
Ambler/Sergeant:
Kim Wall
Fabian Fitzdotterel:
Freddie Jones
Engine:
Alan Dudley
Wittipol:
Michael Maloney
Eustace Manly:
Stephen Rashbrook
Mrs Frances Fitzdotterel:
Emily Richard
Meercraft:
Aubrey Woods
Trains:
Steve Hodson
Thomas Gilthead:
Timothy Bateson
Plutarchus:
Richard Pearce
Everill:
John Rye
Lady Tailbush:
Tina Marian
Lady Eitherside:
Diana Fairfax
Sledge:
Peter Craze
Shackles:
John Samson
Sir Paul Eitherside:
Laurence Payne

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