The Prodigal Son

There are a large number of plays, poems, novels, films etc entitled The Prodigal Son. Below we list plays performed in South Africa at some time.

(For a list of works by this name, see the Wikipedia entry on "The Prodigal Son (disambiguation)" for example[1]).

The French original

L'Enfant Prodigue (Voltaire) is a 1736 play by Voltaire, and the title has also been used for various adaptations, musicals and burlesques based on it - including the stage play L'Enfant Prodigue by Michel Carré Fils and André Wormser (1890). (The French title actually means "the prodigal child" of course.)

For performances of these works, go to the entry on L'Enfant Prodigue

Plays specifically called "(The) Prodigal Son"

The Prodigal Son, a 1905 play based on the eponymous novel by Hall Caine

1906: Performed as The Prodigal Son by Leonard Rayne and his company, featuring Freda Godfrey in her first appearance on the South African stage.