Hope is the light in an epoch of darkness.

During the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, old orders have been overthrown and new orders are in the making. Charles Dickens’ world-renowned novel, A Tale of Two Cities unfolds a tragedy caused by the hatred between the lower class and the nobility in this golden moment.

The only child of the Defarges is run over by the carriage of Marquis St Evrémonde, which causes the couple to take revenge on Marquis’ nephew, Charles. Charles falls in love with Lucie, whose father is put into 18 years’ ghastly imprisonment by the Marquis. He himself is also imprisoned simply because of his identity as a member of the nobility. Sydney also suffers from the hard times. Only with his love of Lucie can cast away the darkness and hopelessness in his world.

The UK production team has applied a simple, realistic and contemporary approach to reconstruct Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. Tour performance of A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood took place in Hong Kong and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe back in 2016 were highly praised. The Chinese version presented by Chung Ying Theatre Company will be staged in 2023. In a world of shadows and sadness, these characters let go of pain and hatred until they have found their peace.

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