Madame Defarge
by Charles Dickens, Wendy Kesselman

Madame Defarge

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120 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

Inspired by Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities THE STORY: In this grand retelling of A Tale of Two Cities , Dickens' most infamous female steps into the spotlight.

For centuries Madame Defarge has been read as a villainous creature waiting for her opportunity to exact revenge on an aristocratic family, regardless of which good people may become collateral.

Wendy Kesselman has dared to ask: Who really is Therese Defarge, the woman whose fury catalyzed “the best of times” and the worst of times?

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ISBN-13 9780822239505
ISBN-10 0822239507

Madame Defarge is a play written by Charles Dickens and published by Concord Theatricals .

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