Travelling North

Travelling North is a play by Australian playwright David Williamson premiered in 1979, and published as a text in 1980, telling the story of a late-life romance and relocation to a warmer climate (the "north" of the title) of Frank, a newly retired engineer, and Frances, his somewhat younger chosen companion/girlfriend. It was first performed at the Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, and was subsequently the basis for a 1987 film of the same name starring Leo McKern and Julia Blake. The play—in essence a serious drama with some comedic touches—has been called "a deeply moving comedy with insightful ruminations on youth, vigour, aging and death" and is considered one of Williamson's best loved works, that is still performed on occasion 30–40(+) years after it was first written.