Christine

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T01475567284 (NEWEND06) Producer New End Theatre. Director John-Jackson Almond. Design Charlotte Damigos. Lighting Mike Robertson. Performer Kate Best. Performer Emily Bowman. Performer Peter Defeo. Performer Lindsay Mohun. Performer Robin Samson. Performer Rosalyn Wright.
16 Aug 06 to 10 Sep 06	New End Theatre, Inner London :: V215 listing details L1938048366

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Play :: It is South Africa during the Apartheid years. Philip and Kay Keebler have been living with a terrifying secret. The South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission are interrogating Philip Keebler - will they pardon or condemn him? (Writer, Dirk de Villiers now in his 80th year was inspired to write Christine because of a life-changing incident in Cape Town. He recalls. 'A black woman was struggling with a heavy suitcase, I instinctively sprinted forward to help her, but slowed down and stopped. At this time the mere suspicion of an association with a 'coloured' person could land one in jail for months. The incident deeply affected me. I realised how laws could batter civilized instincts. The same day I decided to leave Cape Town for Britain. I am still haunted')

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Dirk de Villiers