A TALE OF TWO CITIES
REVIEWS
PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY
October–November 1994
Electrifying... mesmerizing.... You will be struck to the core.
Don Shaeffer
KSL RADIO
PTC's "Tale" is a formidable evening of theatre, stunning for its majestic visual scale and absorbing in the delivery of a story about sin and sacrifice... Morey's thoughtful rendering inspires interesting questions.... (about) sacrifice... revenge.... spirituality.... powerful and eloquent.
Nancy Melich
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
While Charles Dickens' epic A TALE OF TWO CITIES chronicles "the best of times and the worst of times"... Pioneer Theatre Company's spectacular staging of Dicken's tale of romance, revenge, and revolution has an abundance of "bests".... The very concept of compacting nearly 19 years of turbulent French and British history into one reasonably long evening (or afternoon) of theatre must have been intimidating, but Morey - as evidenced in his previous adaptations of "The Three Musketeers", "Dracula", and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - is a literary craftsman of the first order.
Ivan Lincoln
THE DESERET NEWS
...Fashioned by the hand of a consummate stylist with a flair for the literary... A TALE OF TWO CITIES ultimately finds its place in Pioneer Theatre Company's rich tradition of fall adaptations by melding the epic and the personal in a stunningly designed and directed piece of theatre.
David Pace
THE EVENT
...Morey's adaptation does remarkably well by the book... strikes a nice balance: it recreates the book's richness without losing itself in detail and keeps the storyline clear without oversimplifying... Act II builds beautifully and relentlessly, and the final scene couldn't be staged more powerfully or triumphantly.
Barbara Bannon
THE EVENT
...Charles Morey's adaptation... skillfully realizes the essence of the novel... For Broadway quality... and a good old-fashioned story, get acquainted with Pioneer Theatre Company for this production of A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
Jean Marshall
PROVO DAILY HERALD
October–November 1994
Electrifying... mesmerizing.... You will be struck to the core.
Don Shaeffer
KSL RADIO
PTC's "Tale" is a formidable evening of theatre, stunning for its majestic visual scale and absorbing in the delivery of a story about sin and sacrifice... Morey's thoughtful rendering inspires interesting questions.... (about) sacrifice... revenge.... spirituality.... powerful and eloquent.
Nancy Melich
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
While Charles Dickens' epic A TALE OF TWO CITIES chronicles "the best of times and the worst of times"... Pioneer Theatre Company's spectacular staging of Dicken's tale of romance, revenge, and revolution has an abundance of "bests".... The very concept of compacting nearly 19 years of turbulent French and British history into one reasonably long evening (or afternoon) of theatre must have been intimidating, but Morey - as evidenced in his previous adaptations of "The Three Musketeers", "Dracula", and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - is a literary craftsman of the first order.
Ivan Lincoln
THE DESERET NEWS
...Fashioned by the hand of a consummate stylist with a flair for the literary... A TALE OF TWO CITIES ultimately finds its place in Pioneer Theatre Company's rich tradition of fall adaptations by melding the epic and the personal in a stunningly designed and directed piece of theatre.
David Pace
THE EVENT
...Morey's adaptation does remarkably well by the book... strikes a nice balance: it recreates the book's richness without losing itself in detail and keeps the storyline clear without oversimplifying... Act II builds beautifully and relentlessly, and the final scene couldn't be staged more powerfully or triumphantly.
Barbara Bannon
THE EVENT
...Charles Morey's adaptation... skillfully realizes the essence of the novel... For Broadway quality... and a good old-fashioned story, get acquainted with Pioneer Theatre Company for this production of A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
Jean Marshall
PROVO DAILY HERALD