“MASTER HAROLD” . . . and the Boys (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Athol Fugard
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Political realism
- Time of Work: 1950
- Setting: St. George’s Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Principal Characters: Willie, Sam, Hally
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Psychological drama
- Subjects: 1950’s, Values, Africa or Africans, Parents and children, Tradition, 1940’s, Fathers, Ethics, South Africa or South Africans, Apartheid
- Locales: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The Story:
Willie Malopo and Sam Semela were forty-five-year-old black men who worked at St. George’s Park Tea Room, a restaurant owned by a white family. Since no one was in the restaurant because of heavy rains, Willie practiced his dance steps and Sam coached him. Willie had entered a dance contest, and he needed some advice from Sam, the more experienced dancer.
Sam, who was more educated than Willie, learned that Willie, who had a history of beating women, had hit his dance partner Hilda Samuels. Sam encouraged Willie to apologize to Hilda, even though Willie did...
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