The Unvarnished Truth

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The Unvarnished Truth is a 1978 comedy drama by British playwright Royce Ryton (1924–2009) [1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1979: Staged at the Intimate Theatre, Johannesburg and 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 Parr-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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