Digested opera: Faust | John Crace

He may have sympathy for the devil, but when it comes to love he doesn't have a chance in hell. John Crace decodes the destiny of a desperate manAct I: Faust's study Faust: I can't sleep / My prostate's playing up / And my back's giving me gyp / Everything's a bit shit / When you're old. / I think I'll kill myself / Bugger / I can't even do that.Chorus of women: (offstage) How lovely it is / To frolic and sing / And wind up a dirty old man / Who is now too old to pull!Faust: See how no one fanci...

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