Dec 28, 2009

Valley Song | What Do I Read Next?

Fugard has written nearly two dozen plays. All of them are set in his native South Africa, and many share some of the same qualities: intimate, small-cast, poetic dramas set against the beauty of the South African countryside and the tragedy of its politics. Fugard's first big success, The Blood Knot (1961), is about two half-brothers, one black, the other nearly white but technically “coloured,” and the effects of apartheid on their lives. In Master Harold … and the Boys...