Publisher's Synopsis
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, performed here by The Lux Radio Theatre, is much-loved and has enjoyed much popular success through its various adaptations as a musical, in the theatre, cinema, and on television. The lively and exquisitely characterized story follows convict Jean Valjean through a Paris bubbling with revolutionary fervor, as he seeks redemption for his crimes and previous lifestyle. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, performed here by The Mercury Theatre on the Air, is one of Dickens' best-known stories, and has been the basis of many films and television series. Sidney Carton, the novel's world-weary protagonist, traveling between London and revolution-torn Paris, is played captivatingly by Ronald Colman, the star of the Oscar-nominated 1935 film adaptation. First broadcast in 1948 for Studio One.
