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The apartheid is revisited in Athol Fugard's modern classic Master Harold and the boysKeep me updated
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booking through 16 December 2019
Run time: 1hr 40min (no interval)
Includes interval
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'Master Harold’… and the boys
1950. Apartheid South Africa.
St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practise their steps for the finals of the ballroom dancing championship.
Hally arrives from school to hide out in his parents’ tea room. These two men have been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he’s Master Harold, and they are the boys.
Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical and blistering masterwork explores the nature of friendship, and the ways people are capable of hurting even those they love.
Roy Alexander Weise (Nine Night) directs Lucian Msamati (Amadeus) and Hammed Animashaun (Barber Shop Chronicles) as Sam and Willie.
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Please note: As part of depicting the experience of 1950s apartheid South Africa, at times characters in the play use language which is racially offensive.Recent Reviews
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Review Roundup: Master Harold and the boys now showing at the National Theatre
The reviews are in for the revival of Athol Fugard's apartheid piece, Master Harold and the boys, which continues to move London audiences at the Lyttelton, National Theatre. The show is directed by Nine Night's Roy Alexander Weise and is booking until mid-December. Read what the critics have been saying about this thought-provoking South African play below.
1 Nov, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels