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==Audio adaptations== The Christopher Marlowe play has been broadcast on radio many times, including: * On 29 June 1932, the [[BBC Regional Programme]] broadcast "A Tragical History of the Renaissance Arranged in ten Scenes for Broadcasting by Barbara Burnham",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e00918503a9445d69526eed295a9a65d|title=BBC Regional Programme: Christopher Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus' (1932)|website=BBC Programme Index|date=29 June 1932 }}</ref> with Ion Swinley as Faustus and Robert Farquharson as Mephistophilis. * On 13 April 1934, the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]] performed ''The Tragicall Historie of Doctor Faustus'' on the [[BBC National Programme]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5dc18e68a5e34bb589f54bb3b5fc0067|title=BBC National Programme: The Tragicall Historie of Doctor Faustus (1934)|website=BBC Programme Index|date=13 April 1934 }}</ref> with R.F. Felton as Faustus and P.B.P. Glenville as Mephistophilis. * On 11 October 1946, the [[BBC Third Programme]] broadcast an adaptation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/20398ab8ac7e4095a0194fa2c90d171c|title=BBC Third Programme: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1946)|website=BBC Programme Index|date=11 October 1946 }}</ref> with [[Alec Guinness]] as Faustus and [[Laidman Browne]] as Mephistophilis. * On 18 October 1949, the [[BBC Light Programme]] broadcast an adaptation adapted by E.J. King Bull,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e3914337bf944cb8b8c22d7b967166f9|title=BBC Light Programme: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1949)|website=BBC Programme Index|date=18 October 1949 }}</ref> with Robert Harris as Faustus, [[Peter Ustinov]] as Mephistophilis, [[Rupert Davies]] as Lucifer, [[Richard Hurndall]] (of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fame) as Frederick/Third Scholar and [[Donald Gray]] as The Emperor of Germany. * On 1 June 1964, the [[BBC Home Service]] broadcast an adaptation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4db5ee651c4b4e0984863c3d478f2001|title=BBC Home Service: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1964)|website=BBC Programme Index|date=June 1964 }}</ref> with Stephen Murray as Faustus and [[Esme Percy]] as Mephistophilis. * On 24 December 1985, [[BBC Radio 3]] broadcast an adaptation directed by Sue Wilson,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/TheTragicalHistoryOfDoctorFaustus1995_201902|title=The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus (1995)|website=Internet Archive|date=24 December 1995 }}</ref> directed by Sue Wilson with [[Stephen Moore (actor)|Stephen Moore]] as Faustus, [[Philip Voss]] as Mephistophilis, [[Maurice Denham]] as the Old Man, [[John Hollis]] as Lucifer and [[Barrie Rutter]] as Robin. * The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] broadcast an adaptation of the Marlowe play in 2001, with [[Kenneth Welsh]] as Faustus and [[Eric Peterson]] as Mephistopheles/The Chorus/The Evil Angel. * In September 2007, [[BBC Radio 3]] broadcast an adaptation directed by Nadia Molinari,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b007zshv|title=Drama on 3: Dr. Faustus|website=BBC Programme Index|date=23 September 2007 }}</ref> with [[Paterson Joseph]] as Faustus, [[Ray Fearon]] as Mephistopheles, [[Toby Jones]] as Wagner, [[Anton Lesser]] as The Emperor and [[Janet McTeer]] as The Evil Angel. * On 19 September 2021, a third [[BBC Radio 3]] adaptation of the Marlowe play, adapted and directed by Emma Harding, was broadcast,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/m000zsst|title=Drama on 3: Dr. Faustus|website=BBC Programme Index|date=19 September 2021 }}</ref> with [[John Heffernan (British actor)|John Heffernan]] as both Faustus and Mephistopheles, [[Pearl Mackie]] as Wagner and [[Frances Tomelty]] as The Good Angel. A five-part adaptation by Martin Jenkins dramatized by [[Jonathan Holloway (playwright)|Jonathan Holloway]] was broadcast as part of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''15-Minute Theatre'' 18β22 February 2008. The cast included [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Faustus, [[Mark Gatiss]] as Mephistopheles, [[Thom Tuck]] as Wagner, [[Jasmine Guy]] as Gretchen/Demon and Pippa Haywood as Martha.
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