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