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''[[Time and the Conways]]'' is a three-act British play written by by J.B. Priestley (1894-1984)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley]. 

==The original text==

Written in 1937 and illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. Widely regarded as one of the best of Priestley's so-called 'Time Plays', a series of pieces for theatre which played with different concepts of Time. Published in ''Three time-plays: [[Dangerous Corner]]; [[Time and the Conways]]; [[I Have Been Here Before]]. Pan, 1947.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1939: Directed by [[Betty Oliver]] for the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] in 1939 in the [[Hiddingh Hall]]. Stage design by [[Cecil Pym]], starring [[Valda Adams]], [[Violet Dunlop]], [[Jeffrey Fullalove]] and others.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_and_the_Conways].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley 

''[[The South African Theatre, Music and Dance]]'',  1(1), 1939.


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