Female Transport
Female Transport is a play by British playwright Steve Gooch (1945-) [1]. Full Length, 4 Male, 6 Female. It is an account of the political education of six women convicted of petty crimes in 19th century London and sentence to be transported to a life of hard labour in Britain's overseas penal colony.
Contents
The original text
Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573691850.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1975: Produced in South Africa at The Space (Cape Town) in 1975, directed by Mavis Taylor with Rob Amato, Paddy Canavan, Jacqui Delhaye, Shirley Johnston, Malcolm Munro, Louise Robertson, Len Sparrow-Hawk, Fiona Stuart-White, Petronella Whitfield and John Worsley. Design by Bee Berman, lighting by Brian Astbury and stage manegement by Richard Morrison.
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Samuel French [2].
Doollee: The Playwrights Database [3]
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