A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons is a hugely popular play by English dramatist Robert Bolt (1924-1995) [1].
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The original text
A compelling play about Sir Thomas More. First produced in London on July 1 1960. It has subsequently been made into a hugely poplar feature film and a television movie.
Published in New English Dramatists 6 edited by Tom Maschler. Penguin, 1963 and Three Plays by Robert Bolt. Mercury Books, 1963.
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Performance history in South Africa
First produced in South Africa at the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg in 1962 by Taubie Kushlick and Leon Gluckman. Directed by Margaret Webster. It starred Stuart Brown, Philip Birkinshaw, Hugh Rouse, Yossi Graber, and William Roderick with sets designed by English designer Pamela Lewis.
According to Groucho at Large programme notes Derek Lyndon appeared as Randall P McMurphy in this play in South Africa in 1978.
Sources
Library catalogue, Stellenbosch University.
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