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The Only Way (1899)

The Only Way, adapted from Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities by Rev. Freeman Wills, Canon Frederick Langridge, John Martin Harvey and N. da Silva opened at the the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 16th February 1899. Martin Harvey played the part of Sydney Carton; his wife that of Mimi. He last performed it on 13th May 1939 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

It was filmed in 1926.

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On stage

Pelléas and Mélisande
The Only Way
A Cigarette Maker's Romance
The Breed of the Treshams
Hamlet
Richard III
Oedipus Rex
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Boy O'Carroll
Others...

On disc

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

On film

The Only Way
The Lyons Mail
The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
Others...

 

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JMH as Sydney Carton
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JMH as Sydney Carton (final scene)
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JMH as Sydney Carton
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JMH as Sydney Carton
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JMH as Sydney Carton (opening scene)
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N. da Silva as Mimi

First night programme of The Only Way

First night programme of The Only Way

First night programme of The Only Way

First night programme of The Only Way

 

© Chris Goddard, 2003

Last revised: 31 May 2006