Crystal Clear

Crystal Clear refers to two plays by that title:

Crystal Clear - a play by Phil Young

Crystal Clear - a comedy by Falkland Cary and Philip King

Crystal Clear by Phil Young

Crystal Clear, by British playwright Phil Young. Set in an attic flat in London in the early 80's. Richard, suffering from extreme diabetes and the breakdown of his relationship with Jane, meets Thomasina, blind from birth. They fall in love. First produced Old Red Lion Theatre, London, 1983. (Source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsY/young-phil.html). Phil Young won most promising playwright at the Evening Standard theatre awards in 1983.

Published by Samuel French, 1983.

Performance history in South Africa

1984: In South Africa the play was produced by Pieter Toerien starring Fiona Ramsay, Jonathan Rands

Crystal Clear by Falkland Cary and Philip King

Translations and adaptations

Adapted and translated into Afrikaans by Mariechen Naude under the title Onkruid Vergaan Nie ("Weeds don't go away").

Performance history in South Africa

2024: Onkruid Vergaan Nie presented by ATKV-tak PEAAT at Laerskool Newton Park, directed by Frans van der Merwe, with Cobus Lombard, Elsabe Pretorius, Alicia Botha, Daneel Strydom, Arno Engelbrecht and Johan Beyers.

Sources

https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/65577/crystal-clear-caryking

PEAAT Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/atkv.peaat

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