A young, Black gangster in South Africa, who leads a group of violent criminals, slowly discovers the meaning of compassion

Tsotsi

FUGARD, Athol

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Penguin??Books

An argument between Master Harold, a seventeen-year-old South African, and Sam, the Black man employed at Harold's mother's restaurant, makes them reevaluate their friendship.

Master Harold . . . And The Boys (Penguin Plays)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

In many respects this appears to be an aberrant work. It has neither a Port Elizabeth setting, nor, seemingly, a socio-political context of any significance. It deviates from my other work in still a third respect: it was written more directly from my life than any other play - Athol Fugard.

People are living there;: A play in two acts (A Three crowns book)

Oxford University Press

Two Black scavengers emerge from the underbrush loaded with their total possessions: the makings of a shack and a battery of pots and pans, but nothing to cook in them.

Boesman and Lena: A play in two acts (A Three crowns book)

Four works by the South African playwright explore the psyche of the oppressed and the oppressor, the problems of apartheid, and the human need for humor and hope

Boesman and Lena and Other Plays (Oxford Paperbacks)

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Two former political activists confront each other and the events which led to their sudden falling-out years ago.

A Lesson from Aloes

Drama / 3m (1 white, 2 black) / Int.The role that won Zakes Mokae a Tony Award brought Danny Glover back to the New York stage for the Roundabout Theatre's revival of this searing coming of age story, considered by many to be Fugard's masterpiece. A white teen who has grown up in the affectionate company of the two black waiters who work in his mother's tea room in Port Elizabeth learns that his viciously racist alcoholic father is on his way home from the hospital. An ensuing rage unwittingly triggers his inevitable passage into the culture of hatred fostered by apartheid."One of those depth charge plays [that] has lasting relevance [and] can triumphantly survive any test of time...The story is simple, but the resonance that Fugard brings to it lets it reach beyond the narrative, to touch so many nerves connected to betrayal and guilt. An exhilarating play...It is a triumph of playmaking, and unforgettable."-New York Post"Fugard creates a blistering fusion of the personal and the political."-The New York Times"This revival brings out [the play's] considerable strengths."-New York Daily News

"Master Harold"-- and the boys (Oxford paperbacks)

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 1st Edition thus. Clean tight sound square, appears unopened and unread, in pictorial paperback.

Selected Plays; 'Master Harold'... And The Boys; Blood Knot; Hello And Goodbye; Boesman And Lena