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'''A Voyage Round My Father''' is an autobiographical play by [[John Mortimer]]. It was originally a series of sketches transmitted by BBC Radio in 1963, following which it became a television play, with Ian Richardson playing the adult Mortimer and Mark Dignam his blind barrister father. Mortimer then adapted it for the stage. It was first presented at the Greenwich Theatre in 1970 and in a revised version at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971, the latter with Alec Guinness as the father and Jeremy Brett as the son. In 1982 it returned to television, with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Elizabeth Sellars and Jane Asher in the leading roles.

In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]] in 1974, first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July. [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them. The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighing was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]]. In 1984 [[RAPS]] staged an amateur production at the [[Intimate Theatre]].

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 ==Performance history in South Africa==
-: In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]], first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July.  [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them.  The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighing was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]].
+: In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]], first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July.  [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them.  The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighting was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]].
 : [[RAPS]] staged an amateur production at the [[Intimate Theatre]].

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 ==Original text==
- It was originally a series of sketches transmitted by BBC Radio in 1963, following which it became a television play, with Ian Richardson playing the adult Mortimer and Mark Dignam his blind barrister father.  Mortimer then adapted it for the stage.  It was first presented at the Greenwich Theatre in 1970 and in a revised version at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971, the latter with Alec Guinness as the father and Jeremy Brett as the son.  In 1982 it returned to television, with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Elizabeth Sellars and Jane Asher in the leading roles.
+It was originally a series of sketches transmitted by BBC Radio in 1963, following which it became a television play, with Ian Richardson playing the adult Mortimer and Mark Dignam his blind barrister father.  Mortimer then adapted it for the stage.  It was first presented at the Greenwich Theatre in 1970 and in a revised version at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971, the latter with Alec Guinness as the father and Jeremy Brett as the son.  In 1982 it returned to television, with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Elizabeth Sellars and Jane Asher in the leading roles.
 ==Performance history in South Africa==

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-Review in [[The Cape Times]], 17 June 1974
+Review in [[Cape Times]], 17 June 1974
 Review in [[The Argus]], 17 June 1974

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	In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]] in 1974, first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July. [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them. The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighing was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]]. In 1984 [[RAPS]] staged an amateur production at the [[Intimate Theatre]].		In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]] in 1974, first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July. [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them. The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighing was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]]. In 1984 [[RAPS]] staged an amateur production at the [[Intimate Theatre]].
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Voyage_Round_My_Father
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		+	Original theatre programme
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		+	Review in [[The Cape Times]], 17 June 1974
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		+	Review in [[The Argus]], 17 June 1974
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		+	''Helikon'', 6(23), 1956.
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

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-'''A Voyage Round My Father''' is an autobiographical play by [[John Mortimer]].  It was originally a series of sketches transmitted by BBC Radio in 1963, following which it became a television play, with Ian Richardson playing the adult Mortimer and Mark Dignam his blind barrister father.  Mortimer then adapted it for the stage.  It was first presented at the Greenwich Theatre in 1970 and in a revised version at the Haymarket Theatre in 1971, the latter with Alec Guinness as the father and Jeremy Brett as the son.  In 1982 it returned to television, with Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Elizabeth Sellars and Jane Asher in the leading roles.
+'''A Voyage Round My Father''' is an autobiographical play by [[John Mortimer]].
-In South Africa it was presented by students of the [[UCT Drama Department]] in 1974, first at the [[Little Theatre]] in June and then at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown in July.  [[Neville Thomas]] (Father), [[Leslie Nott]] (Mother), [[Bobby Heaney]] (Son) and [[Ingrid Falkenberg]] (Elizabeth) took the leading roles and [[Jonathan Rands]], [[Clive Metz]], [[Diane Cox]], [[Etienne Puren]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alan Dickinson]], [[Trevor Brazil]], [[Peta van Blydenstein]], [[Margi Lewis]] and [[Gillian Harris]] shared the other 31 other roles between them.  The play was directed by [[Robert Mohr]], the lighing was by [[Brian Evans]] and the costumes by [[Helen Rooza]].  In 1984 [[RAPS]] staged an amateur production at the [[Intimate Theatre]].
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 == Sources ==