Faust is one of the pillars of Western literature. This classic drama presents the story of the scholar Faust, tempted into a contract with the Devil in return for a life of sensuality and power. Enjoyment rules, until Faust’s emotions are stirred by a meeting with Gretchen, and the tragic outcome brings Part 1 to an end. Part 2, written much later in Goethe’s life, places his eponymous hero in a variety of unexpected circumstances, causing him to reflect on humanity and its attitudes to life and death.

Narrated by:

• Auriol Smith
• Hugh Dickson
• Stephen Critchlow
• Anne-Marie Piazza
• Gunnar Cauthery
• Sean Barrett
• Emily Raymond
• Derek Jacobi
• Samuel West
• Daniel Mair