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The Train Driver
The Train Driver
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Author: Athol Fugard Publisher: Samuel French Format: Softcover # of Pages: 354 Pub. Date: 2012 ISBN-10: 0573700427 ISBN-13: 9780573700422
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About
the Play:
The Train Driver is a full length drama by Athol Fugard.
Based on a shocking and true story of a mother who with her three
children committed suicide on the train tracks in Cape Town, The
Train Driver is an emotional exploration of the legacy of
apartheid. This two-hander is about the train’s traumatized
engineer tormented by the nightmare that has shattered his life until
he is awakened by an extraordinary stranger. A mesmerizing,
transforming and deeply personal journey into the human soul,
The Train Driver is
a beautiful and haunting play of redemptive power. 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.
The Train Driver premiered in 2010 during the opening
season of The Fugard Theatre, Cape Town, before being re-staged at
Hampstead Theatre in London. The US premiere was also in 2010 to rave
reviews at the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles.
Cast: 2 men
What people say:
"A deceptively simple but
devastating critique of post-apartheid South Africa ... Brave,
confrontational and tender ... Essential theatre viewing." —
Sunday Times (South
Africa)
"Four
stars! Fugard shows that potent, engaged theater is not yet six feet
under." — Time Out New York
"Riveting drama…."
— Newsday
"Moving! Fugard writes with
compassion and insight." — The New York Times
About the Playwright:
Athol Fugard is an internationally acclaimed South African
playwright whose work deals with the political and social upheaval of
the apartheid system in South Africa. He was educated at the
University of Cape Town, and frequently directs and performs in his
plays which are regularly performed in theatres in South Africa,
Great Britain, the United States and around the world. Several of his
plays have been adapted for the screen and his novel Tsotsi was made
into a film that won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
Film. In 2011 he received a special Tony Award for Lifetime
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