A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 23

Listen to memorable quotes of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities", as brought to life by Orson Welles in this rare 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play, featuring sound clips.

Actors: Orson Welles (Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Martin Gabel (Jarvis Lorry)

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221 I see these men around me, long ranks of the new oppressors who have risen on the destruction of the old, perishing by this same instrument of retribution, before it shall cease out of its present use.

222 I see... I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more.

223 I shall now prove, my Lord, to the satisfaction of yourself in this jury, that the prisoner Charles Darnay, though young in years, is old in these treasonous practices which today claim forfeit of his life.

224 I thought I heard the prisoner say, there is a curse on our house. You have brought a curse on our house.

— Lucie Manette (Mary Taylor)

225 I tracked him here and last night I climbed in.

226 I understand that, whatever happens, I am to wait for you.

227 I want to let in a little more light here. You can bear a little more?

228 I was to be reminded of that voyage.

229 I was weak and faint, and you brought me in and I'm fainter, now you take me out.

230 I'll mind nothing while I hold your hand. I shall mind nothing when I let it go, if they are quick.

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