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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.

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Performances ended on Sep. 23, 2012.

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Previews: Aug 14, 2012 • Closing: Sep 23, 2012
Off-Broadway Plays Drama

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Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10019
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Assisted listening devices for each theater per ADA requirements. Devices can be found in the central lobby prior to every performance.
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What Is the Story of The Train Driver?
Set in South Africa and based on true events, The Train Driver is the story of a troubled white train driver named Roelf who arrives at an unmarked graveyard. Roelf asks Simon, a black gravedigger, to help him search for the grave of a woman and her baby—but Roelf isn’t sure of the woman’s name. As the visitor becomes more and more distraught, he finally reveals that he had accidentally killed the woman and her child as they ran onto the tracks in front of his train. As his story unfolds, Roelf struggles to come to terms with his own grief while Simon, silent and stoic, listens.

critics reviews Critics’ Reviews (2)

A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources.
The New York Times

"Mr. Fugard, the South African playwright who has chronicled the tortured landscape of his native land for more than 50 years, continues to write with compassion and insight about the social and economic legacies left behind by apartheid."

The New York Times

Charles Isherwood

New York Daily News

"[Ritchie] Coster’s performance is heartfelt and believable."

New York Daily News

Joe Dziemianowicz

Cast & Creative

Cast

Ritchie Coster
Roelf
Leon Addison Brown
Simon

Creative

Written and Directed by
Athol Fugard
Costume Designer
Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer
Stephen Strawbridge
Sound Designer
Brett Jarvis
Original Music
Doug Wieselman
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