The White Train

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by A.J.A. Wilson. The play deals the visit of King George VI to South Africa in 1947, who travels through South Africa on a white train. Issues like the Anglo-Boer war, South Africa's participation in the two world wars and Anglo-Afrikaner relationships in general form the basic themes of the play. Published in Six One-Act Plays by South African Authors (Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1949).


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