He analyses Fugard's interrogation of how racism tragically scars both its victims and victimisers in A Lesson from Aloes, Master Harold, and My Children! Professor Wertheim traces the growth of Athol Fugard as a playwright from his early attempts to write meaningful scripts for bi-racial cast in No-Good Friday and The Blood Knot to acting exercises that evolved into politically searing plays, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead and The Island.

Beginning with the specifics of his homeland, Fugard's plays reach out to engage more far-reaching issues of human relationships, race and racism, and the power of art to evoke change. In From South Africa to the World: The Plays of Athol Fugard, Albert Wertheim analyses the form and content of Fugard's dramas, showing that they are more than a dramatic chronicle of South African life and racial problems. Much of the energy and poignancy of Fugard's work have their origins in the institutionalised racism of his native South Africa, and more recently in the issues facing a new South Africa after apartheid. And the boys, A Lesson from Aloes, Hello and Goodbye, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, The Island, and Valley Song. Author by: Albert Wertheim Language: en Publisher by: Indiana University Press Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 93 Total Download: 116 File Size: 43,7 Mb Description: Considered one of the most brilliant, powerful, and theatrically astute of modern dramatists, South African playwright Athol Fugard is best known for The Blood Knot, Boesman and Lena, 'MASTER HAROLD'. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs. This concise study guide includes plot summary character analysis author biography study questions historical context suggestions for further reading and much more.

Author by: Gale, Cengage Learning Language: en Publisher by: Gale, Cengage Learning Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 47 Total Download: 219 File Size: 51,9 Mb Description: A Study Guide for Athol Fugard's 'Master Harold'? And the Boys ('Master?),' excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students.

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