THERE are public figures in every society who are seen as voices of reason and of conscience, whose views are broadly respected and held up as moral benchmarks. Locally, their ranks include Thuli Madonsela and archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose voices are not easily silenced.Several decades ago, when the freedom to be openly critical of government was not as protected as it is today, their ranks included the prominent writer Alan Paton.But “white liberal” is currently a fashionably dirty term — almost as dirty as it was to the National Party under apartheid. In such a climate of derision, surely a play about the one-time leader of the doomed Liberal Party is a tough sell?Well, perhaps — but a group of brave literature lovers, who prize the beauty of words over the expediency of political correctness, has done it anyway.Coming mainly from KwaZulu Natal, whose natural beauty Paton loved so dearly, they have crafted A Voice I Cannot Silence, an original new SA play that recently w...
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