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The Tragical History of 'Doctor Faustus'

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by Christopher Marlowe
Adapted for broadcasting by E.J. King Bull, from the version by Basil Ashmore, together with some passages from the Chap-book published in England in 1592
[Starring] Robert Harris, Peter Ustinov

(The recorded broadcast of October 18, 1949)

Contributors

Author:
Christopher Marlowe
[Partly] from the version by:
Basil Ashmore
Adapted by/Production:
E.J. King Bull
Faustus:
Robert Harris
Wagner:
Peter Doughty
Valdes:
Richard Wordsworth
Cornelius:
Stanley van Beers
Emperor of Germany:
Donald Gray
Martino:
Robert Marsden
Frederick:
Richard Hurndall
Benvolio:
Allan McClelland
An old man:
Arthur Young
First scholar:
Hugh Manning
Second scholar:
Tarver Penna
Third scholar:
Richard Hurndall
Good Angel:
Jill Balcon
Evil Angel:
Marjorie Westbury
Mephistophiles:
Peter Ustinov
Lucifer:
Rupert Daviee
Pride:
Peter Doughty
Covetousness:
Richard Wordsworth
Wrath:
Deryck Guyler
Envy:
Ella Milne
Gluttony:
Arthur Young
Sloth:
Hugh Manning
Lechery:
Marjorie Westbury
The Chorus:
Robert Speaight
The Reader:
Deryck Guyler

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