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A Tale of Two Cities

Mike Poulton Charles Dickens

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English
Currency Press
17 March 2014
A thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.

An epic story of love, sacrifice and redemption, interweaving one family's intensely personal drama with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution.

This version of A Tale of Two Cities premiered at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, in February 2014, featuring a large community ensemble alongside the main cast.

Mike Poulton's adaptation is ideal for any amateur theatre companies, schools or youth theatres looking to stage a bold and dramatic version of Dickens' classic.

'Gripping… has a cinematic quality… there isn't a dull moment'

— Telegraph

'Mike Poulton's adaptation is brilliant… ensures no-one unacquainted with the novel will be baffled'

— Observer

'Best of times, worst of times: Mike Poulton takes them both at a gallop in an adaptation that… builds up the terminal velocity of a political thriller'

— Guardian

'An atmospheric, appealing adaptation of a novel that remains relevant to our times'

— The Stage
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Imprint:   Currency Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   80g
ISBN:   9781848423855
ISBN 10:   1848423853
Series:   NHB Modern Plays
Pages:   96
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mike Poulton has written many successful translations and adaptations, including Ibsen s Rosmersholm, Schiller s Don Carlos, Luise Miller and Wallenstein, and Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales, Malory s Morte D Arthur, and Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies for the RSC. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.

Reviews for A Tale of Two Cities

'Gripping... has a cinematic quality... there isn't a dull moment' * Telegraph * 'Mike Poulton's adaptation is brilliant... ensures no-one unacquainted with the novel will be baffled' * Observer * 'Best of times, worst of times: Mike Poulton takes them both at a gallop in an adaptation that... builds up the terminal velocity of a political thriller' * Guardian * 'An atmospheric, appealing adaptation of a novel that remains relevant to our times' * The Stage *


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