Written by Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Michael Bakewell
Ian McKellen in the role of The Pope/Scholar/Gluttony
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon Open Air Theatre
Lyric Opera House Hammersmith, London
25 July 1960 - 3 September 1960
CAST
Chorus | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Julian Curry |
Faustus | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Terrence Hardiman |
Wagner | . . . . . . . . . . . . | John Sharp |
Evil Angel | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Derek Jacobi |
Valdes | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Mike Burrell |
Cornelius | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Richard Cottrell |
First Scholar | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Andrew Parker |
Second Scholar | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Trevor Nunn |
Mephistopheles | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Philip Strick |
A Clown | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Hugh Walters |
Lucifer | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Corin Redgrave |
Belzebub | . . . . . . . . . . . . | David Rowe-Beddoe |
Pride | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Peter Foster |
Covetousness | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Mike Burrell |
Wrath | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Giles Slaughter |
Envy | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Michelene Samuels |
Gluttony | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ian McKellen |
Sloth | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Richard Cottrell |
Lechery | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Janet Haffner |
The Pope | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Ian McKellen |
Cardinal of Lorraine | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Peter Foster |
A Lord | . . . . . . . . . . . . | ? |
Martino | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Giles Slaughter |
Frederick | . . . . . . . . . . . . | David Rowe-Beddoe |
Benvolio | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Tom Bussmann |
Charles, Emperor of Germany | . . . . . . . . . . . . | John Percival |
Duke of Saxony | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Michael Burrell |
Alexander the Great | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Andrew Parker |
His Paramour | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Micheline Samuels |
Helen | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Elizabeth Proud |
Old Man | . . . . . . . . . . . . | Corin Redgrave |