In the 2008 Broadway musical/play adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay is played by Aaron Lazar.It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. In the 1989 Masterpiece Theatre television adaptation, Charles Darnay is played by Xavier Deluc. In the 1958 The Rank Organisation film adaptation, Charles Darnay is portrayed by Paul Guers. In the 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation, Charles Darnay is portrayed by Donald Woods. Later, Lucie and Charles have a son whom they call Sydney in honour of their friend.Ĭinematic and theatrical portrayals However, Carton then takes his place (rendering Darnay unconscious so that he cannot refuse his help) so that he and his family can escape. He is sentenced to death by guillotine, and bravely accepts his fate.
Both Darnay and Carton express their love for Lucie Manette, but Darnay courts and marries her.Īs the French Revolution begins, Darnay is arrested and brought before a tribunal, where the crimes of his uncle and father are brought to light. Later, Darnay succeeds his uncle as Marquis when the latter is stabbed to death in his sleep by a French revolutionary. The two men bear a strong resemblance to one another, and Darnay is acquitted as a result. He abandons his own family name in favor of his mother's, D'Aulnais, which he later alters to "Darnay" relocating to London, he finds work as a tutor of French language and literature.ĭarnay is put on trial for treason against the Kingdom of Great Britain, but the key eyewitness testimony against him is undermined when his defense counsel directs attention to Sydney Carton, a barrister who has been assisting in the case. Evrémonde, who has no respect for the people in poverty. Darnay specifically resents the views of his uncle, Marquis St. However, he resents how the lower classes are extorted and kept in extreme poverty by the upper class. Evrémonde is a fictional character in the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.ĭarnay is a wealthy gentleman who spends time in both France and England during the time of the story.
Dr Manette and Lucie with Charles Darnay, by Charles Edmund BrockĬharles Darnay, Charles D'Aulnais or Charles St.
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