两个穿着相同西服的男人(Sandy Grierson/Oliver Ryan)从舞台两侧上场,一人点燃一根火柴,盯着它们静静地燃烧。哪一根先燃烧殆尽,持有者便会在当晚的演出中扮演浮士德,另一人则相应成为了当晚的梅菲斯特。反之亦然。换句话说,两位主演Grierson和Ryan在此之前,都无法知晓自己这一整晚的命运,正如浮士德也对自己出 Two men in the same suit (Sandy Grierson / Oliver Ryan) played from both sides of the stage, one of them ignited a match and stared at them burning quietly. Which one burns first, the owner plays Faust in the evening’s show, and the other one in the evening. vice versa. In other words, neither of the two stars, Grierson and Ryan, knew anything about their own fate until just now, just as Faust told himself