“A Tale of Two Cities”
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CRITIC’S PICK: London and Paris right before the French Revolution: a time bomb of spies, lovers, madmen, and unlikely doppelgangers during what Dickens called “the age of foolishness.” Dickens’s most famous work of historical fiction and one his best-selling novels, A Tale of Two Cities has been turned into multiple film and television versions, radio shows, and stage productions. Adapted by playwright Brendan Pelsue and directed by Leora Morris, this “radical reimagining” by the Alliance features eight actors playing fifty characters and sharing the identities of the powerful and the powerless. In a statement, Pelsue praised Morris for “getting us all to attend to what the script is asking, and I think we can really see that in this design that feels both estranging and recognizable.” Recommended for audiences over the age of 13. — Kevin C. Madigan
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By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Brendan Pelsue
It’s the best of times and the worst of times. The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. The oppressed call for revolution. Despots threaten global war. Sound familiar? It’s Paris and London, 1787, a powder keg of spies, lovers, madmen, and unexpected look-alikes. This radical reimagining of Charles Dickens’s classic tale of the French Revolution forces us to ask: am I who I am because of my actions or the circumstances of my birth? Do I control my destiny? And where do we begin if we want to right the wrongs of history?