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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about miscegenation and the pressures towards, and the devastating effects of,  efforts to “try for white” under the apartheid regime through the underground association called the “Kimberley train”.  
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A play about miscegenation and the pressures towards, and the devastating effects of,  efforts to “try for white” under the apartheid regime through the underground association known as the “Kimberley train”. First produced in 1958 and published by [[Howard Timmins]] in 1976.  
  
First produced by ***, directed by [[Cecil Williams]] at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg in 1958 and featuring *** as “John Powers” *** as “Elaine” and [[Kita Redelinghuys]] as Elaine’s “coloured” mother, “Bertha”. Published by [[Howard Timmins]], 1976.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1958: First produced by ***, directed by [[Cecil Williams]] at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg in with *** as “John Powers” *** as “Elaine” and [[Kita Redelinghuys]] as Elaine’s “coloured” mother, “Bertha”.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 118.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 118.
  
  
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Revision as of 16:35, 3 October 2020

The Kimberley Train is a drama in three acts by Lewis Sowden ().

Also referred to simply as Kimberley Train in some sources.

The original text

A play about miscegenation and the pressures towards, and the devastating effects of, efforts to “try for white” under the apartheid regime through the underground association known as the “Kimberley train”. First produced in 1958 and published by Howard Timmins in 1976.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1958: First produced by ***, directed by Cecil Williams at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg in with *** as “John Powers” *** as “Elaine” and Kita Redelinghuys as Elaine’s “coloured” mother, “Bertha”.

Sources

Tucker, 1997. 118.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page