The Secret of Madame Defarge
The Secret of Madame Defarge is a one-act play that needs 15 or more performers (10 women, 7 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 15 or more performers
- Roles
- 10 women, 7 men
- Cast notes
- 7m., 10w. (3 to 12m. or w., doubling possible.)
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Madame Defarge is one of Dickens' supreme villainesses. Her secret drives her to seek a revenge so strong that it ties her to the French revolution. In this short play, the main story of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities becomes the peripheral story to that of Madame Defarge and her single-minded revenge. As the full company gathers to speak Dickens' immortal lines "It was the best of times-it was the worst of times…" Madame Defarge is revealed in her husband's wine shop in the poorest distr
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