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3. Ruination

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Faust gets a girl, Mephistopheles closes in and Gretchen's ruination is charted. Adapted Devil-dealing fable with Mark Gatiss.

Faust gets a girl, Mephistopheles closes in and Gretchen's ruination is charted.

Martin Jenkins' fable adaptation of a man selling his soul to the Devil, drawing on old stories and new fears.

Mephistopheles .... Mark Gatiss
Faustus .... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Martha ….Pippa Haywood
Gretchen …. Jasmine Hyde
Valentin .... Paul Mundell

Adapted by Martin Jenkins and dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Producer: Tim Dee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Jun 202321:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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