Lux Radio Theatre - A Tale of Two Cities

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Lux Radio Theatre – A Tale of Two Cities

Podcast: Harold’s Old Time Radio
Episode Date: July 7, 2026
Stars: Ronald Colman (Sydney Carton), Heather Angel (Lucy Manette), Janet Scott (Madame Defarge)
Producer: William Keeley

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Overview

This episode of Harold’s Old Time Radio presents a classic Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” Broadcast with a full cast, dramatic narration, and rich sound effects, the episode follows the intertwined fates of Charles Darnay, Lucy Manette, and Sydney Carton against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The story captures themes of sacrifice, love, redemption, and the violence of revolutionary Paris, with memorable performances by vintage Hollywood stars.

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Key Discussion Points and Story Segments

Setting the Stage (00:35–04:29)

• Narrator (William Keeley): Introduces the historical and emotional context of the story, referencing the Place de la Concorde and Dickens’ inspiration.
• Opening sets a dark and intense tone during the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France.
• Introduction of main characters (Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, Lucy Manette, Madame Defarge).

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Opening in La Force Prison (04:29–06:13)

• Prisoners, including Charles Darnay, are condemned to death by guillotine.
• A guard singles out Darnay: “You shall live long enough to witness the execution of your friends here. 51 heads will fall tomorrow. Yours will be the 52nd.” (03:42)
• Lucy, despairing, expresses her fear and tries to comfort another prisoner—not realizing it’s Carton about to sacrifice himself.

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The Tale’s Beginnings & Dr. Manette’s Rescue (06:13–10:56)

• Carton recounts the past: Jarvis Lorry and Lucy travel to France to recover Dr. Manette, Lucy’s father, who has been held prisoner in the Bastille and is deeply traumatized.
• Lucy: “Is my father here? Is he safe?” (08:20)
• Emotional reunion: Dr. Manette recognizes his daughter through her voice and touch.

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The English Courtroom & Carton’s Introduction (12:28–19:17)

• In England, Charles Darnay is accused of treason. Dr. Manette and Lucy testify—and Sydney Carton, a disillusioned but brilliant lawyer, is introduced.
• Carton uses startling resemblance to Darnay to sow “reasonable doubt,” securing Darnay’s acquittal.
• Sydney Carton (to Darnay): “Well, now, Mr. Barstad, look at me. The assistant counsel for the defense. You notice the resemblance between us? ... As a matter of fact, it could have been me...” (17:08)
• After the case, Carton’s cynicism and loneliness surface in dialogue with Darnay.

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Developing Relationships & Carton's Inner Turmoil (24:29–32:13)

• Carton grows attached to Lucy and her family, despite his inner despair and self-destructive habits.
• Lucy (on approaching revolution): “Sometimes, when I’ve sat here...I’ve imagined that the thunderclaps were echoes, echoes of all the footsteps that will one day enter our lives.” (25:06)
• Carton confesses his love for Lucy, vowing: “There is a man who...would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.” (32:02)

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The French Revolution & Darnay’s Return to Paris (33:45–37:10)

• The Revolution erupts with violence; Madame Defarge keeps a tally of aristocrats “knitted” for vengeance.
• Darnay, out of duty and compassion, secretly leaves for France to save a former servant, despite Carton's dark warning.
• Carton: “Must you go to Paris, Mr. Darnay? ... It’s being poured into the streets along with the blood of the nobles who once drank it.” (36:08)
• Darnay is immediately arrested as an emigré and imprisoned at La Force.

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The Guillotine’s Shadow: Trial and Condemnation (41:13–47:33)

• Lucy, Dr. Manette, and friends rush to Paris to help Darnay.
• Dr. Manette, once revered as a former Bastille prisoner, attempts to save Darnay with his testimony—but Madame Defarge produces a secret Bastille letter that dooms Darnay.
• Madame Defarge: “That peasant family so ended by the Evremonde is my family. That sister, the mortally wounded boy, was my sister...” (46:11)
• Darnay is condemned to die, as vengeance swells against the Evremonde family—his ancestors.

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Sydney Carton's Final Sacrifice (47:33–59:14)

• Carton enters the city in disguise, learns Lucy and her family are also at risk, and orchestrates an escape.
• He arranges for Lucy, her child, Dr. Manette, and Lorry to flee Paris, then goes to the prison to see Darnay.
• Carton's pivotal moment: Drugging Darnay, Carton changes clothes with him to take his place; Darnay, unconscious, is smuggled out to safety.
• Carton comforts a young seamstress facing execution, holding her hand in the tumbrel on the way to the guillotine.
• Iconic closing line (Carton’s thoughts):
  “It’s a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done. It’s a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” (59:14)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Carton’s Atonement:
  “There are some hopes a man may have which remain in the shadows forever.” (31:07, Narrator/Sydney Carton)
  “You have been the last dream of my soul... I would embrace any sacrifice for you or for those dear to you.” (31:29, Carton to Lucy)
• Madame Defarge’s Wrath:
  “For every stitch, another head shall roll. For every stitch, we shall be avenged.” (34:07)
• On Fate and Redemption:
  “It’s a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done...” (59:14, Carton’s final words)
• Lucy’s Gratitude:
  “You came tonight. I shall never forget that.” (48:30)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:35 – Episode/producers’ intro; Paris, Reign of Terror opens
• 04:29 – Prison scene, Darnay’s condemnation
• 06:13 – Rescuing Dr. Manette; England and “Recalled to Life”
• 12:28 – English courtroom, Carton's first appearance
• 19:17 – Aftertrial conversation between Carton and Darnay
• 24:29 – Carton’s growing attachment, Lucy’s foreboding
• 31:29 – Carton confesses his devotion to Lucy
• 33:45 – The outbreak of Revolution; Madame Defarge’s knitting
• 36:08 – Darnay leaves for Paris
• 37:10 – Darnay’s arrest
• 41:13 – Paris, trial of Darnay, Manette’s testimony
• 46:11 – Madame Defarge’s personal vendetta revealed
• 47:33 – Carton returns, sets plan in motion
• 51:04 – Carton’s visit to Darnay’s cell; the exchange
• 59:14 – Carton’s sacrifice and iconic final words

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Tone & Performance Notes

• The episode carries a somber and urgent tone, with harrowing courtroom scenes, sweeping crowd sounds, and heartfelt voice acting by Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton.
• The adaptation faithfully mirrors Dickens’ spirit of sacrifice, with particularly affecting scenes between Carton and Lucy, and at the guillotine.
• Dialogue is earnest and dramatic, in the style of classic radio theatre.

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Closing Remarks

This “Lux Radio Theatre” adaptation delivers a moving dramatization of “A Tale of Two Cities,” highlighting its timeless message of self-sacrifice and redemption. Through vivid performances, stirring musical cues, and Dickens’ powerful language, listeners are swept into the turbulence of revolutionary Paris and the profound humanity of Sydney Carton’s journey.

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Transcript

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[Lucy Manette]

history.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

We proudly present Hollywood, The Radio Theater Brinjil, Ronald Coleman and Heather angel in A Tale of Two Cities. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. William Keeley. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. In Paris just a few months ago, I passed daily through the Place de la Concorde, where during the French Revolution stood a symbol of the violence of that bitter period, the guillotine. Everywhere were Americans experiencing, like myself, that lingering sense of great events long past but not forgotten. Something Charles Dickens must have felt on his first visit to Paris 100 years ago. We present the immortal story it inspired, A Tale of Two Cities, starring one of the screen's outstanding actors, Ronald Coleman, in one of literature's most moving and dramatic roles, a role, by the way, that he created on the screen. And with him we present the talented and lovely Heaven Angel. It's time for our curtain and the first act of A Tale of Two Cities. Starring Ronald Coleman as Sidney Coffin. With Heather angel as Lucy Manette and Janet Scott as Madame Lafarge. 1793. The French Revolution is over. The cause is won, but the bloodshed has only started. The rain of terror sweeps through the land in all its fury. And each day Madame la Guillotine is fed her share of human life. The dripping blade rises and falls and the crowd counts in monotonous rhythm. As each noble head rolls to the ground, the night rises again and sweeps downward. 22 in a single day. And more to come. And more and more until nightfall draws a curtain on the Queen. Behind the bleak walls of Leforce Prison, the doomed of the following day await their fate in a bare dungeon cell. A single lantern throws a ghostly glow on their faces. With a rattle of chains, the great iron door is thrown open. Everyone rise. Rise. Aristocrats. In the name of the people of France, the tribunal hereby declares that you shall be put to death by the guillotine on the morning of February 2, 1793. Citizen Gaylor, which one of these is Charles Evermond? Everyman, step forward. Evermond. Charles Zebraman called Charles Johnny. Which one of you is he? I am Evermont. Step forward. Charles Everman, known as Charles Johnny. In view of the excitement occasioned by your trial, it was felt that some small favor would be in order. We've decided, therefore, that you shall live long enough to witness the execution of your friends here. 51 heads will fall tomorrow. Yours will be the 52nd. Yes.

[Lucy Manette]

I didn't know you were here with us. It's so dark.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I know. What is it you want? Thieves.

[Lucy Manette]

But you know me. I'm neglect the thief. We've brought enough force together.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Oh, yes, of course. I. I forget for a moment of what you were accused.

[Lucy Manette]

They accused me of plotting. But I'm innocent. How could I plot against the republic? I love you. I know what.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Don't cry, Kyle. It's too late for tears.

[Lucy Manette]

I try to be brave. Soon the morning will come. Going light even now.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You have an hour yet. Perhaps more. Ask God for courage.

[Lucy Manette]

Look, the sun is rising. I'm afraid, yet I'm glad. At least we can see again.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

What is it?

[Lucy Manette]

You are not a Fremont. You were not Charles Everymont, were you? Charles Everymond? His eyes were blue. You're the brown. The hair was light. And you're. Who are you?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Like you, I. I'm nobody.

[Lucy Manette]

But you are going to die for him. Why, monsieur?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Oh, I could never make you understand.

[Lucy Manette]

But I could set you. Please. One word for me.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Sir, you can't do that. You must not.

[Lucy Manette]

Please tell me about yourself.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

How can I?

[Lucy Manette]

It would help so if you'd talk to me. Perhaps it would help you too. Mrs.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There's so much to tell. It all began long ago.

[Lucy Manette]

When?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

25 years ago. 1768. Have you. Have you ever been in England?

[Lucy Manette]

No, never.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There's a long hill on the Dover road that sweeps down to the sea. It's a pleasant road on a summer day with the sun shining but the devil's own highway. At night in the winter rain on just that sort of night in 1768 a coach tops the rise of the hill. The mail found east for Dover. Here, here. Top of the hill. Tom. Better rest in for a moment. Oh.

[Lucy Manette]

Oh.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

We'll be lucky if we make the bolts of Calais by. Listen. Hear that? What do you say? I see a horse with a canter coming up the hill after us. I say a horse with a gallop over there. And her. What do you want? Snap it over.

[Lucy Manette]

Mail.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I want a passenger. What passengers? You, Mr. Jarvis.

[Lucy Manette]

Lorry.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Hey, boy. You. Are there a gentleman name of Jarvis Laurie in the Coach, I'm Laurie. Who wants me? It's me, Mr. Laurie.

[Lucy Manette]

Jerry.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I know this messenger guard. There's nothing wrong. I hope there ain't. Hello. You come on at a footpath. Well, Jerry, what is it? A sax fair sent after you from London. Be quick about reading a fair. I don't like this. It's not very long, you see. Wait at Dover for Medelle. Very good, Jerry. Yes, Mr. Larry? Write back to London as fast as you can. Tell them my answer was recalled to life. Recall to life. That was Mr. Larry's business that night. To recall to life the man who had been buried alive for 18 years a prisoner of the French nobility. But the man had escaped and was now hidden by friends in the village of St. Antoine. To that village went Mr. Larry to the wine shop of a certain Madame Defarge. You are Madame de Clarge? I am. My name is Jarvis Laurie. I've just arrived from London. This young lady with me is Miss Lucy Manette. Good morning, mademoiselle.

[Lucy Manette]

Please tell me, is my father here? Is he fake?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Your father? There is no one here, mademoiselle.

[Lucy Manette]

Mr. Laurie was.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

One moment, my child. Madame Defaze. Perhaps I should have presented my credentials sooner. Recalled to life? There is a man here. A man old beyond his years. A nendorous shoe. Will you come this way? My husband and I have kept him locked in a room upstairs. Did you say lock? Yes. Of his own desire. Of his own necessity. He has lived too long alone. He would be afraid that his door was left unl.

[Lucy Manette]

Mr. Laurie. I'm frightened.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

My dear.

[Lucy Manette]

Father.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Good day, Dr. Manette. You are hard at work. Yes. I am working. You have a visitor, Doctor. Show him the shoe you are making Now. Tell Mithra the maker's name you are my name. Yes. One hundred and five. North Star. That is all. 100 in size. North Star, you think, sir? He remembers nothing, Dr. Manet. You remember nothing of me? Look at me. Is there no old banker, no old business rising in your mind? Think of England. A man who was your friend. Jarvis Lorry. It is no use. This is what they have done to him. Lucy. Come here, my child. Now speak. Call him. Speak to him as you did long ago.

[Lucy Manette]

Father. Oh, Father.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Holy blessing. Do you remember, Dr. Manet? I remember a little girl with long golden hair. Ages days ago. What was her name? Her name? She laid her head upon my shoulder when they came to me that night. Don't let them take you, Father. My child. My baby. They crossed the Channel that night to a safe refuge in England. There, for five years, the good doctor rested, until at last, his memory returned and he was well again.

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[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

But now, in the English court, the trial was in progress. The trial of a certain Charles Darnay, accused of plotting treason against His Majesty's government. Dr. Manette, called as a witness, sat with his daughter near the judge's bench. The court was hot, humidity. Only one man seemed quite at ease, the assistant counsel for the prisoner. His court wig dipped in a slovenly fashion over one eye. His court gown stained with wine. His name, if anyone was interested, was Sydney Carton. Carton. We must act quickly. With the evidence they presented, Donnie will hang by morning. Carton, you hear me? I hear you, mister. Well, what shall I do? If I were you, I'd sit down. Johnny is my client. I'm trying to protect him. I pay you well for your assistance, and I expect to have it. You will have it, driver, when the time comes. I see you've already had your bottle. Today. I do, I believe, always drunk. Cotton, listen to me. At the present time, I'm more interested in Dr. Manette. Dr. Manette to the. You are Dr. Manette? I am Dr. Manette. The prisoner, Charles Darnay, has been accused of carrying secret messages from Louis of France to spies here in England. Look upon the prisoner. Have you ever seen him before? I don't know, really. Is it not true, Dr. Manette, that the prisoner was a fellow passenger with you five years ago on a boat from Cali to Dover? I cannot say when I came from France that night. I be new to relief from a long imprisonment. I have little remembrance of the occasion. My mind was blank for some time. I see. Your daughter made the trip with you, did she not? Yes. That will be all. Are there any questions from the defense? Any questions, Carlton? No. No questions. No questions, your worship. Ms. Lucy may not stand now. Ms. Burnett, look upon the prisoner, please. Have you ever seen him before?

[Lucy Manette]

Yes.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Where?

[Lucy Manette]

On board the packet boat.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You mentioned you spoke to him, you were friendly with him?

[Lucy Manette]

Yes.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Good. And now tell me, did he come aboard alone?

[Lucy Manette]

No. When the gentleman came.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You mean the prisoners?

[Lucy Manette]

Yes.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Then free the prisoner.

[Lucy Manette]

When the prisoner came on board, there were two gentlemen with him.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

But these two did not make the crosses?

[Lucy Manette]

No.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Now tell me, did you see them gifts, certain papers to the prisoner that night?

[Lucy Manette]

No.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You're sure of that?

[Lucy Manette]

I. I don't know. It was dark.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Then they might have given him certain papers.

[Lucy Manette]

Yes.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Right. That will be all in the next, please.

[Lucy Manette]

I know.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Are there any questions from the defense, Will Carton?

[Lucy Manette]

No.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

God, you're mad. No questions. No questions. Your Worship. Your Worship, the Persecution would like to recall his chief witness, the prisoners, except Mr. John Bar said. Now, now, driver, we might have some question. Mr. John Bar said. Right here, sir. Mr. Bar said, look upon the prisoner. Do you recognize him? I do, sir. He's a spy against his medicine government, that's what he is. I was on that mail ticket myself that night, and I saw the kind of papers that passed into the hands of a prisoner. They were lists of our troops. Thank you, Mr. Boston. No more questions. The council for the defense. Well, Carlton ask you these questions I've written down here, Mr. Bartad, how do you know the papers you saw were lists of British soldiers? I saw them. Ah, you saw them. Then you took them out of the pockets of the prisoner, Charles Darnay? Yes, sir and no, sir. They fell out? They did. Oh, then you didn't take them. You're not a spy yourself. A man who makes his living by making accusations, just or otherwise, against his fellow country. That's a lie. A downright insinuating lie. One moment, Will Caron. Cyber. You have no imagination, Mr. Barad. Where do you get money to live? On my property. Your property? Where is it? I. I don't exactly remember. And perhaps you can remember how you got that property. I inherited it. From whom? From relatives. Distant relative. How many times have you been in prison, Mr. Barstadt? Six times, isn't it? What's that got to do with it? Being kicked, Deceiving a dice? Well, enough just about that. You are positive it was the prisoner you saw that night with those. This? I am. It couldn't possibly have been someone else? No, it couldn't. Mr. Darnay, will you please face this witness? Careful. Well, now, Mr. Bart, look at me. At me. The assistant counsel for the defense. You notice the resemblance between us? We're very much like, are we not? Well, now that you. I mean, cynic you are. As a matter of fact, it could have been me who saw with those supposed lists that night. Couldn't it, Mr. Baser? Well, now, couldn't it, Mr. Baser. All right. Yes, that's all, thank you. Order. Order. Are there any more questions? The jury will retire to consider its verdict. As the jury agreed? We have, your worship. And how do you find the prisoner, Charles Garney? We find the prisoner not guilty. Mr. Darnay, may we congratulate Mr. Harper? Thank you, doctor.

[Lucy Manette]

I'm happy our testimony did you no harm.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Thank you, Ms. Lucy. I'm sure it did nothing but good. It was Mr. Carton who really won your case. Mr. Carton. Mr. Carton, sir. Did someone call me? May I thank you, sir, for saving my life? Oh, just a part of my business. Mr. Carton, this is Dr. Manette. Mr. Lucy Manette. Hello, Mr. Carton.

[Lucy Manette]

We thought you were splendid, Mr. Carton.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Mere professional claptrap. May I ask, sir, how did you happen to notice the resemblance between you and me? Oh, it's very simple. I looked at you and admired your bearing and your character. You see, I have nothing but admiration for myself. Duties, my dear. We must go.

[Lucy Manette]

Goodbye. Mr. Darnay. Give a call at our house to thank you. Ms. Lucy and Mr. Carton.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Aye. Oh, thank you.

[Lucy Manette]

Good day.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Good day, gentlemen. Good day, Doctor. Mr. Carton, would you care to dine with me? You feel you must repay me? I could never repay you for my life, sir. Don't you be too certain. Well, a bottle of wine or two perhaps. My fees are very. Another glass, Mr. Downey. Thank you, I've had enough. Well, Mr. Downey, how does it feel to be alive again instead of hanging by your neck? Well, I'm a little confused regarding time and place, but it's good to feel at home in the world again. Must be an immense satisfaction. As for me, the world has very little to offer except wine like this. So you and I are not very much alike in that particular, are we? You speak very faintly, Mr. Johnny. I didn't speak at all, sir. Come, Mr. Johnny, why don't you call a health. Give us a toast. What toast, sir? Why, it's on the tip of your tongue, man. I swear it's there. It's been there all evening. Out with it. Very well, then. To Miss Lucy Manette. Miss Manette. There's a fair young lady to hand into her coach in the dark, eh? Mr. Donny. There's a fair young lady to pitied by and wept for by. How did it feel? Is it worth being tried for one's life to be the object of such sympathy and compassion? I don't take your meaning, sir. Mr. Zane, let me ask you a question. Do you think I particularly like you? You acted as if you do, but I don't think you do. I don't think I do either. But nevertheless, I. I hope there's nothing in that dislike to prevent my calling for the reckoning and parting without your blood. Oh, nothing at all. Did you? You call the whole reckoning? If I may, sir. In that case. Waiter. Innkeeper, more wine. Yes, sir. Good night, Mr. Car. Good night. One. One last word, Mr. Zani. You think I'm drunk. I think you've been drinking, Mr. Carson. You know I've been drinking since I must say so, I know it. You shall likewise know why I care for no man on earth. And no man on earth cares much to be regretted. You might have used your talents better. Maybe so, Mr. Downey. Maybe not. Good night. Good night. And don't let your silver face elate you. For you never know what it may come to. Innkeeper, more wine. Coming, sir. Well, Cotton, has Mr. Downey shown you what you have fallen away from? What you might have been? Change places with him. Would you have been looked at by those blue eyes as he was, huh? Ah, come on, hurry down. In plain words, you hate the fellow

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[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Sydney Garden knew it was too late to change his way of life. But he took to brushing his shabby coats and combing his untidy hair. And there were times even when he remembered that a gentleman doesn't drink himself nightly into a stupor. On Sunday afternoons, he would appear in Ms. Manette's garden, sitting quietly, speaking but seldom. But Charles Downay was there, too. One evening, just at dusk, an approaching storm sent them indoors.

[Lucy Manette]

Listen. It's coming soon, Mr. Downay.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

It comes slowly but surely.

[Lucy Manette]

Isn't it impressive? Sometimes, when I've sat here of an evening like this, listening to the thunder in the distance, I've had such a strange fancy. I've imagined that the thunderclaps were echoes, echoes of all the footsteps that will one day enter our lives.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

If that is so. There's a great crowd coming into our lives, so I take them into mine. Gladly.

[Lucy Manette]

It was my foolish fancy, Mr. Carson.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There's a great crowd bearing down upon us now, thousands upon thousands. Here they come, fast, fierce and furious.

[Lucy Manette]

Oh, you make my fancy seem too real, Mr. Carr.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There was a great crowd coming into their lives, the numberless, overpowering crowd which one day would decide the fate of these three. At first it was but a whisper in the city of Paris, a whisper that was to grow with the years into a crashing roar of hatred. Slowly but surely, as the storm came, the crowd was coming too, up from the cellars of Paris up from the bare fields of a starving cemetery, the crowd was coming, chanting, the tape raining for blood. The people of France in all their might, rising in revolution. In a moment, we'll bring you Act Two of A Tale of Two Cities. Little seems, first condemned to die with him within the hour, listened quietly, her eyes fixed on his face. As time went on, Sydney Carton appeared less and less in the man at home. More and more was he the slave of the low companions and low habits that he scorned but yielded to? And he knew that Lucy loved Charles Darnay. It was an evening In April, almost 10 years ago, that Charles Darnay spoke to Lucy's father. I've only hinted at marriage to Lucy, sir. I. I didn't want to speak until. Well, there are certain things about myself that you should know. Yes, Dr. Manette? My name is not Darnie. I chose that name when I first left France. And my heritage. Heritage? I'm of noble birth, sir, but I do not boast of it. Through generations, my family gave expense of the poor. When my uncle died, I was the sole remaining heir. I returned to France to sign away my title to the estate. Why did you tell me this? Because, sir, I know what you have suffered at the hands of the French aristocracy. My uncle's name. And yours.

[Lucy Manette]

What?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

What was it? Saint Evremond. The Marquis Saint Evremont. He was a doctor. You're ill, sir. No, Charles. Lucy is not to know what you've just told me. Not now. Do you mean not now or ever? She's not to know. Your word. Very well, Doctor. You have my word. Now go, kid, go. Don't care. Unfavorable.

[Lucy Manette]

Father. Father, let me in. Father, is. Lucy. Let me in, please.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Lucy, what is it? What's the trouble? I got your message. Is there anything wrong?

[Lucy Manette]

It's Father. He's been locked in his room all day. I'm so afraid.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Dr. Manette, open the door.

[Lucy Manette]

Dr. Manette, I found a key in the storeroom.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Give it to me, will you? And take Miss Lucy downstairs.

[Lucy Manette]

Yes, sir. Come, my dear. Come, my lady.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Doctor Monette? Dr. Manet. What are you. What are you doing? You hear me, Doctor? What work is this you're doing? A lady's shoe. A young lady walking shoe. It should be finished. Let me see.

[Lucy Manette]

Goodness. Is he all right?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Yes, he's all right. Dr. Jemison is with him.

[Lucy Manette]

You've been very kind to stay so long. I tried to reach Charles, but he wasn't at home. I was so worried.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There's nothing to worry about now. A Few days and he'll be well again.

[Lucy Manette]

What could have caused it after all these years, to go back to that? What happened?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

How can we know? A shock, perhaps. Some sudden jolt of memory. A man's mind can play queer tricks, Lucy.

[Lucy Manette]

I brought you a cup of chocolate. Thank you, Ms. Cross. And the doctor says everything will be all right.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You're not to worry.

[Lucy Manette]

Thank you.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Well, I.

[Lucy Manette]

Excuse me. You're not leaving?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Oh, it's growing late. Not for me, of course, but I doubt if you see the dawn very often.

[Lucy Manette]

I don't. But I can welcome it today. A few hours ago, everything was so black and fearsome. And now all my troubles are past, all my hopes reborn. It's always that way, isn't it?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There are some hopes a man may have which remain in the shadows forever.

[Lucy Manette]

Do you have such hope, Sidney?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

No. No, no, I. I'm. I am the right one who died young.

[Lucy Manette]

Sydney, you have come off into the house in the past few months, and yet we know very little about you, except that you're our friend. Is there nothing I can do to help, Sydney?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I could never hope to repay what you've already done. May I tell you something? Will you hear me without shrinking from me? What is it? You. You have been the last dream of my soul. Seeing you here in your home has stirred old shadows that I thought had died out of me. I've heard whispers from old voices impelling me upward that I thought was silent forever. I've had unformed ideas of driving afresh, fighting out the abandoned fight. But the dream. All a dream. But I wish you to know that you inspired it, Sydney.

[Lucy Manette]

Will nothing of it remain?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Perhaps the dream might linger on after the dreamer awakes. But will you. Will you hold me in your mind as sincere in this one thing? I would embrace any sacrifice for you or for those dear to you. Think now and then that there's a man who. Who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you. The poor fool Cotton, drunk this time, was go city. From that day on, he was seen rarely in the Maneth home. He was there when Lucy and Danny were married and again some years later, when their child was born a girl. But his village was short, and he would slip away at the first opportunity. In France during these years, the echoing footsteps of the crowd had been growing louder. Grim patriots who were to bathe the soil of France in the blood of the hated nobility. And then the storm broke in all its Fury. In July, July 1789, they swarmed from the rat holes of Paris to cover the country with a blanket of red. An army of vengeance bent upon destruction. Death. The battle has fallen.

[Lucy Manette]

The battle is ours. I'm servicing and I feel it. Forest Adam Wise. How can you sit and look so calmly on this day?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Our victory will come only when every noble head has rolled from every noble shoulder.

[Lucy Manette]

And in this knitting I have inscribed their names.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

The names of those who have starved, have killed us. And for every stitch another head shall roll. For every stitch we shall be avenged.

[Lucy Manette]

Who is it?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Who's there? Open the door. Where you are at this hour? I'm looking for Mr. Sydney Car. The inn is not open. There's no inn in London open at this time of night. I want to see Mr. Sydney Cotton. Let me in. Now. Where is it? He's in there. Carlton. Carlton, wake up. Wake up. Who is it? Who? Donnie. Oh, Mr. Donnie. Welcome, Mr. Danny. You'll have some wine? I have not time for that. Listen to me. I leaving for Paris within the hour. For Paris? There is some business there that I must attend to at once. Paris. Very warm this time of the year. If I were your lawyer, I should advise against the journey. How much do you know of me? This is excellent wine, Mr. Darnish. French wine from the cellars of the aristocrats who fled the country. There'll be few of these bottles left now. It's being poured into the streets along with the blood of the nobles who once drank it. Must you go to Paris, Mr. Dami? I see there is little I have to explain to you. But I received a letter this morning from a man who was once my servant. They have threatened to send into the guillotine unless he can explain why he's in possession of certain property. That's why I must go, to save his life. Ah. What of your own life? Oh, I'll be in no danger. I've renounced my inheritance. It's easily proved. Why do you come to me? There's no one else I can turn to. I don't know how long I shall be gone. I should like to feel that there is someone here in London who is watching over my family.

[Lucy Manette]

Why?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Oh, you'll trust me. Watch over your child. Your wife. Yes. I know that you love her. When did you say you must leave?

[Lucy Manette]

Tonight.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Now. Well, have no fear about your family. They'll be safe. Thank you, Carl. Good night. Good night. Succeed, Mr. Carpent. Borl. Wine, sir. No, no, no. Take it away.

[Lucy Manette]

Oh.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You there, in the coach. Where are you going, citizen? I'm going to Paris. Let me see your Papers, if you will hurry, please, citizen, I must be in Paris within the hour. What is your name, citizen? Charles Darnay. Darnay, also known as Evremon? Yes, but you are consigned Evremone to the prison of La Force. In a moment we'll return with Act 3 of A Tale of Two Cities starring Ronald Coleman and Heather Angel.

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[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

How would you like to improve your position in your unit? Or perhaps you like a change in classification? Well, a step in the right direction would be a course with the United States Armed Forces Institute. Yes, a course with USAFI is an indication of your desire to improve yourself. In the past 20 years, Yousafi has proved conclusively that men who use their off duty time constructively are more proficient in their military duties. See your education officer about a USAFI course. And now Mr. Keeley returns to the microphone. You're invited to join us after the final curtain for a brief chat with tonight's star. Here's Act 3 of A Tale of Two Cities, starring Ronald Coleman as Sidney Carton and Heather angel as Lucy Manette. The sun rises slowly over the roofs of Paris and the long shadow of the guillotine falls against the walls of Leforce Prison. In the cell of the condemned, Sydney Carton speaks in a hushed voice, his story meant only for the years of the little sieges. They brought Charles Darnay here to La Foster's to be held in secret. But somehow the news filtered back to England and soon his wife and child were in Paris with Dr. Manetta and Mr. Laurie. Yes, they're old friends. For months they waited for some word from Darnay and his cell. But no word came. And every day through the streets the tumbrils passed filled with condemned on their last journey to the guillotine.

[Lucy Manette]

Father. Father, did you see Charles? Did you see him?

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[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

They wouldn't take me to this film. But I have news.

[Lucy Manette]

Yes?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Charles is summoned tomorrow for trial.

[Lucy Manette]

Tomorrow?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Charles.

[Lucy Manette]

Oh, Father.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I think it'll go well, my child. They're going to allow me to testify for him.

[Lucy Manette]

You? They'll brand you as a traitor. They'll kill you. Father.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

No, my child. I bear a charmed life in this city. I've been a prisoner in the Bastille. Doctor Manette, is this tribunal to understand that you endorsed the accused, the prisoner Charles Evermore? That is so. He is of noble blood. He is a traitor. He is no traitor. I will swear to it. Dr. Manette, we know that your life, the cause you fought for, you are one of us. Yes. And as one of you, I speak. The accused, Charles Ed was my first friend when I was released from the Bastille. The accused, Charles Evramond, is my daughter's husband. In all these years he has had no part in the tyranny against which we fought. He's renounced his share of the estate and returned it to the people. Charles Edmond is no enemy of the revolution. I give you my word, he is innocent.

[Lucy Manette]

Free the prisoner. The doctor of Bozain says he is innocent. Free him.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Is the jury ready to declare itself? We are. How say you? Then let the prisoner be free.

[Lucy Manette]

The prisoner cannot be free.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

There is arrest at all.

[Lucy Manette]

I say the prisoner shall and the killed.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

By whom, Citizen?

[Lucy Manette]

S. By 3 voices by my husband, Ernest. Defense by myself. And the third by the doctor of Beauvais, Dr. Alexander Manette.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I protest. I protest.

[Lucy Manette]

Kill me all. You. Dr. Manette, you have said Charles Everyman

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

was your first friend. I was your first friend.

[Lucy Manette]

It was to my wine shop you were brought where you made shoes under my care.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You knew yourself then only as a number.

[Lucy Manette]

105, North Tower. The Cell in which we've been confined. Is that not true?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

If you say it is, I must believe it. I can't remember, but I remembered. And I resolved one day to examine that cell. And on the day the Bastille fell,

[Lucy Manette]

I went to 105 North Tower. Kill me, citizens. In that cell, hidden in the stonework of the wall, I found a paper. A paper written by Dr. Manette in the year 1767, before the dark and loneliness had driven him mad. It is that paper I hold in my hand now.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

It describes in the doctor's words how he was called one night to attend

[Lucy Manette]

a peasant dying in a miserable bed of rags, a girl and her unborn child in the stable. Her brother, with a wound in his

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

chest, was to breathe his last before the morning.

[Lucy Manette]

And why? Because those two creatures had protested against

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

the noble family who held them in

[Lucy Manette]

bondage, had protested against the murder of the girl's father and her husband, killed by those same noble hands. The doctor buried the girl and her brother the following day.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

But he had seen too much and heard too much from the lips of that dying girl.

[Lucy Manette]

That night the doctor was thrown into the Bastille. The noble family had silenced him forever. And the name of that family? The name of those murderers? Saint El Raymond. Yes. Thank everyman. And now hear this. Listen to the words of Dr. Alexander Manette himself. The words he wrote. I, Alexander Manette, prisoner of the Bastille,

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

having thus set forth the causes for

[Lucy Manette]

my imprisonment to denounce the mosque, he sent every mon and his descendants against the time when these crimes shall be answered for I denounce them to heaven and earth. You ask me to stop? Listen to me.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I have long had the crimes of the Evremond family lifted in my registers.

[Lucy Manette]

Ask my husband. Is that so?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Is it so?

[Lucy Manette]

On the great day when the bat field fell, I dropped this paper home

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

and we read it together.

[Lucy Manette]

My husband and I asked him, Is that so?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

It is so.

[Lucy Manette]

Then I told him I had a secret to communicate to him.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I struck this bosom with these two hands. I strike it now.

[Lucy Manette]

And I said defarge.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I was brought up among the fishermen of a seashore. And that peasant family so ended by the everymond is my family. That sister, the morphle wounded boy was my sister.

[Lucy Manette]

That husband was my sister's husband. That unborn child was their child. That brother was my brother. Those dead are my dead. And that summons to answer those things descends to me. Ask him, is that so?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

It is so.

[Lucy Manette]

Then tell wind and fire to stop adult for me. What say you now, citizens? Does this every man go free?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Back to the prison of La Force to await death by the guillotine? That was the sentence passed by the tribunal. That same night, a coach left Calais for Paris carrying but one passenger, slouched low in the seat, his shabby great coat pulled high about his neck. Reaching Paris, he haunted the inns and taverns, wandered like a lonely ghost through the city, and at last made his way to the lodging house where Lucy waited. News from Laporte.

[Lucy Manette]

Sydney. Sydney Carton.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Oh, you must forgive my cunning. At this hour I didn't wish to to be seen.

[Lucy Manette]

I knew you'd come. I've been waiting. Sydney. They're going to take Charles. They're going to kill him.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

How long? The huskies until the morning.

[Lucy Manette]

And they won't let me see him. I can't be near him in these last hours.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Remember what you said long ago? The dark hours before the dawn. There will be no dawn tomorrow.

[Lucy Manette]

It will be dark now.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Always. Lucy, if there was some way I could comfort you. You must hope.

[Lucy Manette]

What hope is there? What comfort? My husband is going to die.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Lucy.

[Lucy Manette]

Oh, Sydney, forgive me.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

You were right. I have no thanks to offer you.

[Lucy Manette]

You came to a tonight. I shall never forget that.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I tell you it is useless to speak to Dr. Manette. He is in no condition to see you now. Mr. Larry, if you'll forgive me. There is nothing you can do here, Mr. Carson. Nothing. Mr. Laurie. You're mad of business, aren't you? I am. Well, I'm here on business. Really, sir. Oh, I know your opinion of me, Mr. Laurie. But a drinking man may learn things around the town if he can. Listen. At the same time, I have learned that Dr. Manette is in great danger. He and Lucy must leave Paris tonight. Leave Paris? And they must take the child with them. But. But why? The revenge of Madame Destage does not stop with Charles. The accusation is against the Marquis Saint Evremonde and all his race, losing her child.

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[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

I see Dr. Manett. It would do no good, sir. He has gone back to his work. His work? He would not know what you are saying. Mr. Cosson. Mr. Laurie, you have a pass that will let you through the gallery. Will it serve for Dr. Manette and Lucy? Yes, for as many as are with me. Then you will use it. Tonight you will arrange for a coach to meet you all here at midnight. The coach will take you to the side gate of La Force prison. You understand? Yes. There you will be joined by another person who makes a trip with you to England. But you must not stop to ask questions. You will proceed at once to the gates of Paris and on to Calais as fast as the coach can take you. This other person, who will it be? Who? Mr. Sydney Car. I don't understand. Oh, I may be in poor condition for travel. I usually am at that hour. But as soon as I am in the coach, drive on. But you at the gate of La Force. Will you be within the prison tonight? Yes. Yes. I'm going to see Charles. Certain, Mr. Barfad, English spy is a turnkey in the prison. He'll open the doors for me. I don't understand all this, sir. But you give me hope. And you will save them all, Mr. Laurie. Not only I shall have a young and ardent man as my side. Yes, with the help of heaven. You shall. Tell me, Mr. Larry, yours is a long life to look back on. I mean my 78 years, sir. You've been useful all your life. Trusted, respected. There are many in this world who'd miss you a solitary old bachelor. No, there's nobody too weak for me. Wouldn't he reply? Lucy? Yes. Thank God. I didn't quite mean what I said. It is a thing to thank God for, isn't it? Surely. Surely, Mr. Laurie, if you had to say with truth tonight. I have gained the love of no human creature. I have done nothing good nor serviceable. To be remembered by your 78 years would be. 78 heavy curses, would they not? I think they would be. But you are not old, Carlton. No, no, no, no, I. I'm. I'm not old. But the road I took was never the way to a well. Good night, Mr. Larry. I said yes. How long before Johnny is taken from his child and put the. I can't tell that. That's only an hour. Now leave us alone. But stay within call. You'll keep your promise? I told you I could get you in and out again. Up to your boat to try to leave. I know. I know. Open the door. Who's there? Have you come for God? You? Of all the people on earth, I'm the least expected, is that it? Why are you here? I came to see you. You shouldn't have taken the risk. It can serve no purpose. It can serve one. I bring you a message from Lucy. A message? Your request. Rather that you do exactly as I say and ask no questions. Now take off your coat. Take off my ears? Take it off and change it for mine. Quickly. Are you mad? But do as I say. It's her wish. Now put on my coat and hide your hair rumplet. So that's it. As mine is. Carton. There's no escaping from this place. You'll only die with me. Oh, have I mentioned escape? Now, do as I say. Now, here, take my cravat and give me yours. Carton, I warned. Be quiet. Be quiet. Look, there's a pen and ink on that table. Is your hand steady enough to write? Was when you came in. Steady it then. And write what I dictate. Quickly. To whom do I address it? To no one. Right. If you remember the words that passed between us long ago, you will understand when you see this as written there. I don't. What vapor is that? Vapor?

[Lucy Manette]

Yes.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

A strange odor. Something crossed me. I'm not conscious of it. Not I. Take up the pen and finish. I told you once that there was nothing that I would not do. Nothing that I would not. What is it? There is something. That odor. Oh, you mean this on my handkerchief? It's so. Pleased. Deeply. Breathe. Breathe, Breathe. You down there, dark head. Are you finished? Are you ready to. That's it. What's the matter with him? There's nothing. He's unconscious. Carry him out to the gate. But you. He'll change trails. Listen. Listen to me. Listen. Sidney Carton fainted from the shock of parting with an old friend. Now, if you find a coach at the side gate, put him into it. Tell them to drive as fast as they can to carry. Now, wait. Wait. I'll finish this note. If you remember the words that passed between us, you will understand. I told you there is nothing I would not do to keep a life you love beside you. God bless you for your sake. Take this note and hurry. Hurry. All there, ho. Where are you going? To telly Garvis Laurie from Texas Bank. Pat Dr. Manette. Pat his daughter, Pat his grandchild. Who's that on the floor? He. Here's Mr. Sydney Cotton. Let me see him. Sydney Cotney. Pat, open the gate. Let this coach go through. Yes, they are on their way now. Perhaps by this time they've reached Calais, are bound for England and home.

[Lucy Manette]

You are Sydney Carter?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Yes.

[Lucy Manette]

Your guy with him for 12 diamonds

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

and for someone else. Your carriage is awaiting. Six tumbles will carry the day's wine to Madame la Guillotine. D. Take them out. You, everyone. It will be as I promised for you. You shall wait for the last tumblr. Your head shall be the 52nd today. I'm ready. Move along there.

[Lucy Manette]

Move on, Mr. Garden. There. May I go with you?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Keep your eyes on me, child. Mine's nothing else.

[Lucy Manette]

I mind nothing while I hold your hand.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

49.

[Lucy Manette]

50. One.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

It's a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done. It's a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

[Lucy Manette]

That's the to.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Our curtain falls on the roaring crowds of Paris and the chosen destiny of Sydney Carton and rises again on our two stars of the evening, Ronald Coleman and Heather angel, who brought to life so vividly a truly great play. Well, Bill, you know, not only gave me one of my favorite actresses as leading lady, but I'd like also to say thank you to Janet Scott for a wonderful Madame Defaz. And thanks too to a magnificent supporting cast.

[Lucy Manette]

One of the biggest casts you ever had on, isn't it, Mr. Kenny?

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

One of the biggest and best, but no more than the play deserves. Good night.

[Lucy Manette]

Good night.

[Narrator / Sydney Carton / Various Characters]

Good night. Charles Dickens would be proud of both of. This is William Fieldy saying good night to you from Hollywood.

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