The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by William Mountfort: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:02:54 running time and a link to listen.
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce, credited to William Mountfort, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by William Mountfort. Read in English. First produced between 1684-1688, this - as the title says - is Faust played as a comedy. Angels to go along with Mephistopholis and Lucifer and Beelzebub, sure, but also the Seven Deadly Sins and wait a minute - Scaramouche and Harlequin?? (The author Mountfort was also an actor and was killed trying to prevent an attempt to kidnap an actress in a case that ended up in the House of Lords.) - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Dr Faustus: Beth Thomas Mephistopholis: Ian Quinlan Good Angel: Frances Brown Bad Angel: TriciaG Scaramouche: alanmapstone Harlequin: Anastasiia Solokha Lucifer: Chuck Williamson Beelzebub: Availle Pride: Rapunzelina Covetousness: russellhughes Envy: Mary Kay Wrath: Kristin Gjerløw Gluttony: Elizabeth Klett Sloth: Anna Simon Leachery: bala Giant: David Olson Horse-courser: ToddHW Carter: Kadier Carter Hostess: Kristin Gjerløw Old Man: Rapunzelina Emperor: russellhughes Benoolio: David Olson Lord: Gillian Schnurr Second Lord: ToddHW Poor : bala Second Poor : Rapunzelina Third Poor : ToddHW Fourth Poor : TriciaG Scholar: Elizabeth Klett Stage Directions: ToddHW Edited By: ToddHW
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce
- Author credits: William Mountfort
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:02:54
Catalogue topics
- comedy
- play
- farce
- restoration
Track guide
- 01 - Act 1 — 20:05
- 02 - Act 2 — 18:03
- 03 - Act 3 — 24:46
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