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NOT YET PUBLISHED
Athol Fugard
Drama
2m
Exterior
Roelf, a train driver, has spent weeks searching for the identities of a mother and child he unintentionally killed with his train. After a fruitless journey through shanty towns, he encounters an old gravedigger named Simon who helps the desperate man unburden his conscience. Based on a true story, The Train Driver is a soulful exploration of guilt, suffering, and the powerful bonds that grow between strangers.
“A deceptively simple but devastating critique of post-apartheid South Africa . . . essential theatre viewing” – South Africa Sunday Times
Fugard "remains a natural-born storyteller, and The Train Driver sets us up for a fascinating tale...Fugard knows how to whet an audience’s narrative hunger.” - The Los Angeles Times
“Slow-burning emotional power.” - The Guardian
“A powerful new play...the overall mood of sorrow and resigned, barely controlled rage at how the universe is arranged is powerfully palpable.” - L.A. Weekly
FEE: $75 per performance
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
SIMON (ANDILE) HANABE – an old African man, a gravedigger
ROELF (RUDOLF) VISAGIE – a train driver in his late thirties
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