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The road to Mecca / by Athol Fugard.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Fugard, Athol, author.
- Series:
- L.A. Theatre Works Collection, Volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women artists--South Africa--Drama.
- Women artists.
- Outsider artists--South Africa--Drama.
- Outsider artists.
- Aging--Psychological aspects--Drama.
- Aging.
- Owl House (Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa)--Drama.
- Owl House (Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa).
- Martins, Helen Elizabeth, 1897-1976--Drama.
- Martins, Helen Elizabeth.
- Genre:
- Live sound recordings.
- Radio plays.
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Venice, California] : L.A. Theatre Works, 1996.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- audio file
- Summary:
- When her husband dies, aging Miss Helen begins to fill her home in the remote South African bush with strange sculptures made from beer cans and old headlights. A local clergyman and a young woman visitor try to decide whether Miss Helens peculiar art is an outpouring of creativity or an outbreak of madness. An incandescent drama by Athol Fugard, South Africa's most celebrated playwright. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance.
- Participant:
- Julie Harris (Miss Helen), Amy Irving (Elsa Barlow), Harris Yulin (Marius Byleveld).
- Notes:
- Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica, in February of 1996.
- Title from cover image (viewed March 21, 2022).
- Streaming audio files.
- OCLC:
- 1309919817
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5202562/rdr2
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