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PlayLab Readings 1999-2000

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

September 20, 1999

Adapted by Robin Olson from the original by Charles Dickens

Cast of Characters

Doug Landrum... Coach Man, Monsieur Defarge, Stryver, Funeral Watcher, Chemist, Barrier Guard

Kelly Collins Lintz... Lucie Mannette, Jerry Cruncher, Jr., Gabelle, The Vengeance, Woman at Theatre in Paris

Mark Mannette... Dr. Mannette, Court Reporter, Parisian Peasant, Mender of Roads aka Woodcutter, Barrier Guard

Rick Stanley... Miss Pross, Ancient Tellson's Clerk, John Barsad, Monsiuer the Marquis Evremonde, Resurrection Man, Judge of French Tribunal

Tom Stearns... Jerry Cruncher, Gaspard, Monseigneur, Barrier Guard, Jacques III, Peasant Boy

Lou Tally... Jarvis Lorry

Dawn Wicklow... Inn Keeper, Madame Defarge, Grisley Spectator at Bailey, Prosecutor, Funeral Watcher, Afflicted Woman, Seamstress

Richard Width... Guard of Mail, Charley Darnay, Sydney Carton, Bastille Guard

Local Orlando playwright and educator Robin Olson's popular Holiday presentation of Dickens by Candlelight: A Christmas Carol and her excerpt from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, A Christmas Without Presents, have appeared at Whispering Heaven Tea Room in College Park.  Her unique adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities  transforms the Dickensian epic into a suspenseful, 8-character delight that spans two continents and a Revolution.

ACT I

1775
The Road, Dover

Coachman, Guard of Mail, Jarvis Lorry, Two Passengers, Jerry Cruncher

The Inn, Dover

Inn Keeper, Jarvis Lorry, Lucie Manette, Miss Pross, Servants

The Street, Paris

Gaspard, Monsier Defarge, Wine Bibers

The Wine Shop, Paris

Madame Defarge, Monsieur Defarge, Lucie Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Two Jacques

The Garrett, Paris

Defarge, Jarvis Lorry, Lucie Manette, Dr. Manette, Two Jacques

Tellson's London

Jerry Cruncher, Jerry Cruncher Jr., Ancient Clerk

1780
Court at the Bailey and Outside

Jerry Cruncher, Grisley Spectator, Court Reporter, Stryver, John Barsad, Charles Darnay, Prosecutor, Jarvis Lorry, Lucie Manette, Dr. Manette, Sydney Carton

Monseigneur in Town, The Court

Chocolate Sprites, Monseigneur, Monsieur the Marquis Evremonde, Parisian Peasant, Gaspard, Defarge, Madame Defarge

Monsigneur in the country, Evremonde Chateau

Monsier the Marquis Evermonde, Mender of the Roads, Gabelle, Charles Darnay, Gaspard

1781
Manette's Home, London

Dr. Manette, Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, Sydney Carton

The Streets, London

Jerry Cruncher, Jerry Cruncher Jr., Funeral Watcher, John Barsad

In the Garrett

Defarge, Madame Defarge, Mender of Roads

St. Pancras Church Yard

Jerry Cruncher, Resurrection Man

Wedding, London

Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, Miss Pross, Jarvis Lorry, Dr. Manette

The Court Procession, Paris Streets

Madame Defarge, John Barsad, Mender of Roads

ACT II

Miss Manette's Home, London

Miss Pross, Jarvis Lorry, Dr. Manette

Saint Antoine

Madame Defarge, Defarge, Barrier Guard

1789

Manette's Home, London

Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Dr. Manette

The Taking of the Bastille Outside, Paris

Jacquess III, Defarge, Prison Guard,Madame Defarge, The Vengeance

Tellson's, London

Stryver, Monseigneur, Jarvis Lorry, Charles Darnay, Gabelle (in letter)

1792

Tellson's, Paris

Jarvis Lorry, Dr. Manette, Lucie Manette

Manette's Home, Paris

Defarge, Madame Defarge, Jarvis Lorry, Lucie Manette, Miss Pross

Outside La Force

Lucie Manette, Woodcutter, The Vengeance, Dr. Manette, The Republicans

Tribunal, Paris

Jacques III, Tribunal Judge, Dr. Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Charles Darnay, Defarge, Madame Defarge

Manette's Home, Paris

Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, Miss Pross, Jerry Cruncher

Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity

Jerry Cruncher, Miss Pross, The Jacquerie, John Barsad, Sydney Carton

Tellson's, Paris

John Barsad, Jerry Cruchner, Sydney Carton, Jarvis Lorry, Dr. Manette

Carton's Walk, Paris

Sydney Carton, Woodcutter, French Chemist, Woman at theatre

French Tribunal

Tribunal Judge, Jacques III, The Vengeance, Madame Defarge, Defarge, Dr. Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Charles Darnay

Manette's Testimony

Evremonde and his Brother, Dr. Manette, Afflicted Woman, Peasant Boy

Tellson's Paris

Sydney Carton, Jarvis Lorry

Prison Concierge

Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, John Barsad

The Woodcutter's Shop, Paris

Madame Defarge, The Vengeance, Jacques III

The Barrier, Outside Paris

Lucie Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Barrier Guard

Holding Cell Concierge, Paris

Seamstress, Sydney Carton

Woodcutter's Shop

Madame Defarge, The Vengeance, Jacques III, Woodcutter

Manette's Home, Paris

Jerry Cruncher, Miss Pross, Madame Defarge

The Barrier Out of France

The Guard, Jarvis Lorry

The Guillotine

The Woodcutter, the Vengeance, Seasmstress, Sydney Carton

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