Master Harold and the Boys - Hardcover

Athol Fugard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394528743 ISBN 13: 9780394528748

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Academy-Award winner Athol Fugard, one of theatre's most acclaimed playwrights, finds humor and heartbreak in the friendship of Harold, a 17-year old white boy in 1950's South Africa, and the two middle aged black servants who raised him. Racism unexpectedly shatters Harold's childhood and friendships in this absorbing, affecting coming of age play.

The play, initially banned from production in South Africa, is a Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding New Play.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Leon Addison Brown, Keith David and Bobby Steggert.

About the Author:

Athol Fugard was born in South Africa in 1932 and is an internationally acclaimed playwright. His best-known plays include "Bloodknot" (1961); "Boesman and Lena" (1969); "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead" (1972); "The Island" (1973), and "My Children! My Africa!" (1989).

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0394528743
• ISBN 13: 9780394528748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 61