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1 online resource (28 minutes) |
Playing Time |
002755 |
Description |
data file |
Note |
Title from resource description page (viewed January 09, 2018). |
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Based on a novel by Charles Dickens. |
Cast |
Paul Shelley, Nigel Stock, Ralph Michael, Sally Osborn, Vivien Merchant. |
Summary |
Adapted from the classic novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is the story of two men who are worlds apart but are united in their love for the same woman. Lucie Manette must travel to prerevolutionary France to find the father she thought was dead, a prisoner of eighteen years in the Bastille, now recalled to life. |
Language |
In English. |
Awards |
Won 1981 Emmy Awards, Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series |
Local Note |
Alexander Street Theatre Performance and Design Collection: BBC Literary Adaptations in Video |
Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Television adaptations.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Drama.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Television adaptations.
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Historical television programs.
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Added Author |
Briant, Michael E., 1942- director.
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Letts, Barry, producer.
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Television adaptation of (work): Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Tale of two cities. Selections.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company.
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Added Title |
Tale of two cities (1980 TV mini series directed by Michael E. Briant) |
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