A Tale of Two Cities was a musical adaptation of Dickens' famous play, with the words written by Nigel Hartley and the music by Caroline Goates and Chandra James. It's a super adaptation and I feel honoured to have taken part in the first (and so far only) performances of it. We ran for 5 days in Ipswich and 3 days in the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe (which seats around 900).
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It had some wonderful songs in - I've put together a very small selection of them as midi files:
Added in 2005 - mp3s of a selection of the songs (each is about 2 megs).
These were recorded in January 1996 with the
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I played the part of Jerry Cruncher (another loud smelly part). He is the grave robber in the story. The photo is of me with my son, young Jerry, at the trial.
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Who knows - perhaps one day it will be revived.
| Jerry Cruncher | PHIL HOLMES |
| Young Jerry | TRISTAN HOBAN |
| Miss Pross | ROSALIND FLOOD |
| Jarvis Lorry | NIGEL HARTLEY |
| Mrs Cruncher | KATHRYN MARSHALL |
| Barsad | TONY WALLES |
| Stryver | ANDREW POLLARD |
| Sydney Carton | JULIAN ILLMAN |
| Judge | MIKE YATES |
| Attorney General | JOY EASTON |
| Charles Darnay | ROBERT WHEATLEY |
| Lucie Manette | HELEN FOSTER |
| Dr. Manette | RICHARD CAVANAGH |
| Madame Defarge | KATHRYN MARSHALL |
| Defarge | ALAN HEFFER |
| Jacques 1 | LAWRENCE PEREIRA |
| Jacques 2 | EMMA SPURLING |
| Jacques 3 | RUTH MACKAY |
| Jacques 4 | ELIZABETH FOX |
| Marquis de St Evremonde | JONATHON ABBOTT |
| Young Wife | SARAH CADDICK |
| President of the Tribunal | MIKE YATES |
| Gaspard | ANDREW POLLARD |
| Girl at the execution, | REBECCA HARTLEY |
Jonathon Abbott, Sarah Caddick, Richard Cavanagh, Lynda-Jayne Clements, Myra Daines, Joy Easton, Samantha Eve, Rosalind Flood, Helen Foster,Elizabeth Fox, Carolyn Goates, Rebecca Hartley, Nigel Hartley, Alan Heffer,Tristan Hoban, Phil Holmes, Julian Illman, Chandra James, Pauline Kensett,Ruth Mackay, Kathryn Marshall, Lawrence Pereira, Andrew Pollard, Emma Spurting, Tony Walles, Robert Wheatley, Sue Woods, Mike Yates
Music arranged by:CAROLYN GOATES, CHANDRA JAMES, DAVID BUTCHER, JAMES BUTT,
ADRIAN HOPGOOD
Musical Director DAVID BUTCHER
Designer ANDREW CASEY
Director DAVID CADDICK
Digital recording, editing and mastering using DREAM™ by ANTONY ASKEW