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There are two plays by this name that have been performed in South Africa:  
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'''There are two plays titled ''[[Travelling Light]]'' that have been performed in South Africa:'''
  
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= ''[[Travelling Light]]'' by Leonard Kingston ()[]
  
For details of this play, see ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]''
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==The original text==
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It was originally performed as ''[[Edgware Road Blues]]'' in 1966 at the Royal Court theatre in London with the author playing the lead and it won the Charles Henry Foyle award for the best first play of 1964.
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In 1965, retitled ''[[Travelling Light]]'', it had a successful run at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, with a cast including Harry H Corbett, Michael Crawford and Julia Foster, and in 1967 was filmed for ITV Summer Playhouse.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1966: Directed by [[Ricky Arden]] for [[PACT]].
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== Sources ==
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http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/aug/27/leonard-kingston-obituary
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=''[[Travelling Light]]'' by [[Nicholas Wright]] ()[]=
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==The original text==
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First performed in London in 2012.
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 T|T]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 07:44, 20 January 2021

There are two plays titled Travelling Light that have been performed in South Africa:

= Travelling Light by Leonard Kingston ()[]

The original text

It was originally performed as Edgware Road Blues in 1966 at the Royal Court theatre in London with the author playing the lead and it won the Charles Henry Foyle award for the best first play of 1964.

In 1965, retitled Travelling Light, it had a successful run at the Prince of Wales theatre, London, with a cast including Harry H Corbett, Michael Crawford and Julia Foster, and in 1967 was filmed for ITV Summer Playhouse.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1966: Directed by Ricky Arden for PACT.

Sources

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/aug/27/leonard-kingston-obituary

Travelling Light by Nicholas Wright ()[]

The original text

First performed in London in 2012.

Return to

Return to T in Plays 2 Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to Main Page