Edgware Road Blues - Revision history

Satj at 05:52, 20 January 2021

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The original text

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Created page with "'''See''' ''Travelling Light'' by Leonard Kingston."

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'''See''' ''[[Travelling Light]]'' by Leonard Kingston.

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 ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' is a play by Leonard Kingston (1930- 2014)[].
 ==The original text==
 It was performed as ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' in 1966 at the Royal Court theatre in London with the author playing the lead and it won the Charles Henry Foyle award for the best first play of 1964.
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 The latter play is not to be confused with another play called ''[[Travelling Light]]'', written by [[Nicholas Wright]] and performed in London in 2012.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Directed by [[Ricky Arden]] for [[PACT]] in 1966.
 == Sources ==

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 It was performed as ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' in 1966 at the Royal Court theatre in London with the author playing the lead and it won the Charles Henry Foyle award for the best first play of 1964.
-In 1965, retitled ''Travelling Light'', it had a successful run at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, with a cast including Harry H Corbett, Michael Crawford and Julia Foster, and in 1967 was filmed for ITV Summer Playhouse.
+In 1965, retitled ''[[Travelling Light]]'', it had a successful run at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, with a cast including Harry H Corbett, Michael Crawford and Julia Foster, and in 1967 was filmed for ITV Summer Playhouse.
-A play, also with the title ''Travelling Light'', was written by [[Nicholas Wright]] and performed in London in 2012.
+The latter play is not to be confused with another play called ''[[Travelling Light]]'', written by [[Nicholas Wright]] and performed in London in 2012.
 == The original text ==

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−	'''~~See~~''' ''[[Travelling Light]]'' by ~~Leonard Kingston~~.	+	''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' is a play by Leonard Kingston (1930- 2014)[].
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		+	Also known as '''''[[Travelling Light]]'''''
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	It was performed as ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' in 1966 at the Royal Court theatre in London with the author playing the lead and it won the Charles Henry Foyle award for the best first play of 1964.
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		+	In 1965, retitled ''Travelling Light'', it had a successful run at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, with a cast including Harry H Corbett, Michael Crawford and Julia Foster, and in 1967 was filmed for ITV Summer Playhouse.
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		+	A play, also with the title ''Travelling Light'', was written by [[Nicholas Wright]] and performed in London in 2012.
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		+	== The original text ==
		+	Previously titled ''Edgware Road Blues''.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
		+	Directed by [[Ricky Arden]] for [[PACT]] in 1966.
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		+	== Sources ==
		+	http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/aug/27/leonard-kingston-obituary
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 T\|T]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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