Nothing but the Truth

There are two stage plays and one film by this name with links to South Africa.

= Nothing but the Truth by James Montgomery (1916)=

Comedy in three acts by James Montgomery (1882-1966)[id=DiI1wIyatvUC&pg=PA440&lpg=PA440&dq=James+Montgomery+(1882-1966+playwright&source=bl&ots=VKOB0J11qd&sig=waXaqX_MhphsUy6oqPrQNaDY31s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1hNi-x97aAhXKJcAKHfDoDQMQ6AEINDAD#v=onepage&q=James%20Montgomery%20(1882-1966%20playwright&f=false]. A slow moving, subtle piece with a small cast and simple sets. Cautionery tale about insider trading. Based on a novel by Fred Isham, produced by the H. H. Frazee at the Longacre Theatre in 1916. It served as the source for later musicals, including Yes, Yes, Yvette (1927) and Tell Her the Truth (1932).

Performance history in South Africa
Translated into Afrikaans as Wie Loer Kry Niks, performed by Johan Fourie Geselskap in Cape Town and on tour in 1943.

Subject
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, it tells the story of an elderly man wrestling with society, his family and most of all himself, to leave the past behind, but not to forget it.

See: [Van Heerden (2008)]. p 166.

Performance history in South Africa
2002: Premièred at the Grahamstown Festival in June 2002, directed by Janice Honeyman with John Kani, Pamela Nomvete and Dambisa Kente. The same production was staged at the Baxter Theatre in July 2002. It went to the Market Theatre in September 2002 with Kani, Nomvete and Nthati Moshesh in the cast - Moshesh took over from Dambisa Kente when Kente (44) collapsed a day after performing for Nelson Mandela in a dress rehearsal and died shortly thereafter.

2003: The same production was staged at the Opera House in Port Elizabeth In December 2002 and returned to the Market Theatre in January 2003. In September 2003 it was staged at the Market Theatre and in November 2003 at the Baxter Theatre with John Kani, Warona Seane and Esmeralda Bihl, again directed by Janice Honeyman.

2003-2004: A successful tour of this production of the USA and Australia followed in 2003/4, starting in December 2003 in the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at the Lincoln Centre in New York. Set designed by Sarah Roberts, lighting designed by Mannie Manim.

2010: Produced at the Market Theatre, directed by Janice Honeyman

2012: Produced by Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company, directed by Fatima Dike, starring Chris Gxalaba (as "Sipho"), Noxolo Bodlani and Zoliswa Kawe. Lighting and design by Alfred Rietmann.

2014: Presented at the Artscape Theatre Centre in April and May.

2015: Presented at the Artscape Theatre Centre 6-13 May, directed by Fatima Dike, as a co-production with Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company.

Awards
Winner of inter alia Fleur du Cap Best Actor Award and Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script in 2002 and five Naledi Awards (including Best New SA Play and Best Production) for the period August 2002 to December 2003.

Production
Produced by Jazz Spirit Production and Odélion Films. The screenplay and direction by John Kani, with John Kani, Rosie Motene, Motshabi Tyelele, Warona Seane and Esmeralda Bihl in the cast. Music by Neill Solomon, Cinematography by Jimmy Rob, Marius Van Graan, editing by Megan Gil, Jackie Le Cordeur. Running time: 81 minutes.

Awards
The film won several African film awards, including:

Écrans Noirs (Yaundé) 2009 - Best Film

Fespaco (Uagadugú) 2009

Festival de Cine de Harare 2009 - Best Film

Milan African Film Festival 2009 - Best African Film; Catholic Peace Prize