a Tale of Two Cities 

By Charles Dickens

Adapted by Liz Love

A Tale of Two Cities is set in a time of uncertainty, injustice and  violence.

Dickens’ classic tale follows the lives of British and French subjects, whose fates become knitted together by bonds of love and hate, driven by the seismic social changes around them.

After being falsely imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, Doctor Manette is released to the care of his daughter, Lucie. On their return to London, a fateful encounter with a young Charles Darnay leads to being witnesses in a court case on which his life depends. The case, defended by the enigmatic Sydney Carton, begins a sequence of entanglements of the heart.

Meanwhile in Paris, Madame Defarge and her husband battle the oppression from the aristocracy, having suffered unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the wicked Marquis d’Evremonde.

As the French Revolution culminates, both British and French find themselves dragged to Paris and the fury it has unleashed.  All in the shadow of the looming guillotine.

Who will survive? Who will be held accountable? How easy is it to forgive? And what will they sacrifice for love?’

V and L Productions enjoyed a SOLD OUT RUN of their re-imagined, fast-paced adaptation of Dickens’ classic tale at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre.

Check out our Gallery Photos and Cast & Creatives list below.

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Cast and Creatives

  • Reece Lewis

    SIDNEY CARTON

  • Nikki Claire Durrant

    MISS PROSS

    Also plays The Judge

  • Aryan Chavda

    CHARLES DARNAY

    Also plays Border Guard and Man

  • Caroline Edwards

    MADAME DEFARGE

    Also plays John Barsad

  • Liv O'Connor

    LUCY MANETTE,

    Also plays Woman and Seamstress

  • Joe Childs

    DOCTOR MANETTE

    Also plays Jacques

  • Vince Mathews

    MARQUIS OF EVREMEONDE

    Also plays Earnest Defarge and The Prosecutor

  • Liz Love

    Director

  • Helene Gustavsson

    Costume Designer

  • James Connor

    Lighting & Sound Design

  • Jolie LaBelle

    Lighting & Sound

Press

‘The ensemble cast acquit themselves well... Joe Childs is utterly sympathetic with his portrayal of the gentle, broken Dr Manette.  Playing Darnay and Carton, Aryan Chavda and Reece Lewis give impressive and confident performances, both full of revolutionary passion but also convincing in expressing their fraternal and romantic feelings. As Darnay exchanges glances with Lucie in the courtroom, there’s a very clear chemistry between Chavda and Liv O’Connor who plays Lucie with an innocent charm but not hiding her character’s backbone. O’Connor also has a stand-out cameo at the end of the play, it’s a powerful and emotional interaction.

‘Liz Love does a good job of rendering down a very twisty story into this stage adaptation… this is an absorbing presentation of a classic.’ Plays To See

The villains of the piece, played by Vince Mathews (playing Marquis d’Evremonde and Earnest Defarge) and Caroline Edwards (Madame DeFarge and John Barsad) both give strong performances…

This new version of A Tale of Two Cities is well executed (pun intended)… It puts emphasis firmly on human stories of love, revenge, loyalty and sacrifice. There is a lot packed into an hour and a half… but it’s still entertaining, atmospheric and full of drama.’ Theatre and Tonic

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