. ▁Klein ’ s ▁own ▁production ▁started ▁tour ing ▁US ▁and ▁Canada ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 9 0 s ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Char l eston ▁production ▁as ▁it ▁deb uted ▁in ▁Char l eston ▁and ▁performed ▁with ▁the ▁Char l eston ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁( David ▁St ahl , ▁conduct or ). ▁ ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁tour ing ▁production ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁George ▁G ers h win ’ s ▁he irs . ▁Leopold ▁God ow sky ▁III , ▁the ▁nep hew ▁of ▁George ▁G ers h win , ▁helped ▁Klein ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁tour ing ▁version ▁with ▁shorter ▁performance ▁time ▁and ▁reduced ▁number ▁of ▁mus icians . ▁The ▁original ▁cast ▁had ▁three ▁pairs ▁of ▁lead ▁actors : ▁Brian ▁Gib son ▁and ▁Elizabeth ▁Graham , ▁Andre ▁Sol omon - G lo ver ▁and ▁Van essa ▁Stewart , ▁William ▁Marshall ▁and ▁Claud ette ▁McC argo . ▁ ▁Peter ▁Klein ’ s ▁Living ▁Arts ▁production ▁of ▁P org y ▁and ▁B ess ▁was ▁presented ▁in ▁ 2 3 ▁countries ▁including ▁the ▁UK ▁( 1 9 9 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 ), ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁( 1 9 9 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ), ▁Egypt ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁China ▁( 2 0 0 1 ), ▁Portugal ▁( 2 0 0 3 ) ▁ ▁and ▁Est onia ▁( 2 0 0 8 ). ▁It ▁has ▁tou red ▁the ▁US ▁multiple ▁times . ▁ ▁References