Alfred Roller
Set design for Faust I (Street)
1909
(Staged by Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, 1909)
Mixed media
Theater Studies Collection of the University of Cologne
With his design, Alfred Roller (1864–1935) envisioned a single setting on the street for the revolving stage. Three scenes from the tragic plot take place on this street:
Faust encounters the innocent Gretchen for the first time and woos her.
A confrontation ensues between Faust and Mephisto.
In a dispute between Gretchen’s brother Valentin and Faust, Faust kills the brother.