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 [2]. First produced in London on July 1 1960. It has subsequently been made into a hugely popular 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.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1962: First produced in South Africa opening 26 September at the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg 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.
1964: Staged by the Theatre Workshop Company in Natal, directed by Pieter Scholtz, with students of the University of Natal Department of Speech and Drama, including Roger Orton as Thomas More..
1978: 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.
Theatre Workshop Company programme, 1964.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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