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Chertkoff is St Petersburg's most high-minded young artist, until he makes a pact with the devil. With Stephen Moore. From April 2002.

Chertkoff is a high-minded, pleasure-denying, young artist in St Petersburg - until a pact with the devil offers him untold riches.

Written by Nikolai Gogol

Dramatised by Jim Poyser

Dragon..............Stephen Moore
Chertkoff...........Mark Chatterton
Leonid.................Russell Dixon
Marya..................Jo-Anne Knowles
Yuri.......................David Crellin
Shopkeeper.......Robert Pickavance

Producer Susan Roberts

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.

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