Boesman and Lena | Act I Summary
On the surface, the plot of Boesman and Lena seems quite simple. In the course of a single evening, two lonely, weathered, beaten down South African "coloureds" (people of mixed race) wander across the bleak mudflats of the Swartkops River near Port Elizabeth, seeking a safe place to settle themselves. They encounter an old black man, briefly take him in, then push onward when he unexpectedly dies in their squalid camp. The real action of the play, however, lies underneath the surface, where Fugard explores a complex mosaic of human emotions, racial politics, and universal...
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