Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities
SEASON 11 | MARCH 2001
Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities
By Kirk Smith
Directed by Bonnie Cullum
Presented by The VORTEX
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“Smith has done an excellent job of capturing Dickens’ masterful literary style and his intricate and complex brand of storytelling.”
Kirk Smith's adept take on Dickens' monumental tale of a world turned upside down in Revolutionary France is as fresh as it is honest. This adaptation molds the immense detail of a story in which two men's lives intertwine with an almost star-crossed duality into a satisfying, accessible vehicle, complete with Paris mobs, storm-swept highways, crowded streets, and treacherous courtrooms.
"Kirk Smith has pulled the disparate parts of Dickens' long, tortuously wrought plot together with a mix of verve and passion, intimacy and grandeur. All the elaborate extras are unnecessary when you pare down to such immediate raw storytelling.” -- The Austin Chronicle