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''There are two plays titled '''[[Travelling Light]]''' that have been performed in South Africa:''  
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''There are two plays titled '''[[Travelling Light]]''' that have South African connections:''  
  
=''[[Travelling Light]]'' by Leonard Kingston (1929–2014)[]=
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=''[[Travelling Light]]'' by Leonard Kingston (1929–2014)[https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/aug/27/leonard-kingston-obituary]=
  
 
==The original text==
 
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==The original text==
 
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First performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring [[Antony Sher]] as "Jacob".
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First performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring [[Antony Sher]] as "Jacob", and the text published by  Nick Hern Books in the same year[https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/travelling-light].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wright_(playwright)
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 08:00, 20 January 2021

There are two plays titled Travelling Light that have South African connections:

Travelling Light by Leonard Kingston (1929–2014)[1]

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 (1940-)[2]

The original text

First performed at the Lyttleton Theatre, London, starring Antony Sher as "Jacob", and the text published by Nick Hern Books in the same year[3].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Wright_(playwright)

https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/travelling-light

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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