The Unvarnished Truth
The Unvarnished Truth is a 1978 comedy drama by British playwright Royce Ryton (1924–2009) [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1979: Staged at the Baxter Theatre by the Toerien-Firth Company, directed by Joan Kemp-Welch, with Michael Richard (Tom), Lynne White (Annabel), Brian Darnley (Bert Hopkins), Vera Blacker (Mrs Cartwright), Richard Cox (Bill), Pamela Jacobs (Mrs Steward-Dubonnet), Alan Granville (Inspector) and Pat Purr-Burman (Isabel). Later Anthony Fridjhon, Claudia Eden and Nicholas Ellenbogen replaced members of the cast.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Toerien-Firth Company theate programme (undated).
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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