Master Harold … and the Boys | Critical Overview

The summary of "Master Harold's'' action cannot begin to suggest its emotional intensity or its impact on an audience. Many who saw the play in its debut were greatly troubled by the society it depicted. Since that time "Master Harold" has continued to provoke critics and audiences alike.

Enrol Durbach, writing in Modern Drama, asserted that "Master Harold"... and the Boys is not an overtly political play, but a depiction of "a personal power-struggle with political implications." The only definition that the South African system can conceive of...

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