Boesman and Lena | Style
Setting
The setting of a play includes such things as the time period in which it occurs, the location of the action, and important characteristics of the culture in which the characters live. Boesman and Lena takes place in the early 1960s in South Africa, when the apartheid movement had a strong grip on the people of that diverse country. Although South Africa at the time was inhabited by many cultures, including Dutch, German, and English white settlers; black Africans representing many different tribes from across the continent; mixed-race people...
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