Fugard, Athol (Vol. 5) | Fugard, Athol 1932–
Fugard, Athol 1932–
Fugard, a South African award-winning playwright, essayist, and short story writer concerned with the tragedies of his native land, is South Africa's best known dramatist.
Boesman and Lena is the third work by the South African dramatist Athol Fugard to be produced in this country: the previous ones were Blood Knot … and Hello and Goodbye…. Fugard is white and, as writer and director, has devoted himself to theater with "non-Europeans" in his country….
[Boesman and Lena] is not a protest play, though the pain of race hatred flames through it; it becomes, quickly and surely, a drama of all human beings in their differing captivities, suffering from and inflicting hate. Boesman and Lena are brown, the old Kaffir man is black, and the specifics of their wretched lives are caused by the history and policies of their country; but Fugard makes very clear that, within the circumference of their...
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