… careless triumph …
Master Harold and the Boys moves with this compelling force of a Greek tragedy. It’s classic and iconic, and must be seen. It is profound in character and social vision.
Tag: Athol Fugard
The World Premiere of a Superb Play
Nukain is an uneducated black farm laborer working in South Africa during the period of apartheid who has nothing of his own but a vision: he paints brilliant designs on bare rocks, creating beauty out of bare bones nothing. This stunning play presses forward with the intensity of a Greek tragedy.
… inadvertent …
Among the Fugard plays I’ve seen, this — possibly excepting the iconic The Island — is the finest. It’s intense, with a driving force. Especially interesting, although race figures importantly, the tragedy isn’t driven by race but by common humanity — weaknesses and all. I wonder if some would argue that point. It’s certainly not characteristic of Fugard. But just as the characters transcend race, so does the play’s driving idea.
… Who wears the suit ?….
Set in South Africa in 1961, during apartheid, Blood Knot tells the story of two brothers, one who looks White and the other Black. They’re sons of one black mother each with a different father and, as is said of the one who looks completely White, “It happens.”
They were treated differently from the moment of birth. How do we know? The older got the Biblical “Black” name of Zachariah, while the younger. born looking White, was given a “White” name: Morris.