Originally posted by french frank
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I listened to most of the R4X Faust. Some parts of the production were impressive, and I thought a lot of the minor roles were well done, but I felt Callow was miscast in the title role and Pickup was disappointing as Mephistopheles. I didn't find the translation very convincing either (though MacNiece was one of the translators) but it is difficult to sustain a poetic translation of that length. Well done to R4X for scheduling it for broadcast though.
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