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This 7 page paper reviews the play first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. The play provides valuable insight into 1950 Apartheid South Africa. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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"Master Harold and the Boys" was first performed at Yale Repertory Theatre on March 12, 1982. Set in 1950 Apartheid South Africa, the
play provides valuable insight into a culture and a time. Performed by three actors, two black and one white, this play captures the essence of the very real line
that separates the races. It depicts the juxtaposition of blacks and they exist in relationship to European values and lifeways. Emphasizing the underlying sameness of human nature, it
is both a play of black and white, however, and a play of gray. It serves as a negative commentary on the way things are and a positive hope
for the way things could be. In "Master Harold and the Boys" Master Harold, Hally, is the seventeen year old son
of the proprietor of a local business. Hallys father suffers from an undescribed illness and at the beginning of the play is hospitalized. Hallys mother has unexpectedly gone
to the hospital, however, to take her husband home. While normally a release from the hospital would be good news, Hally realizes that it by no means implies that
his father has recovered from his illness. For some time Hallies father has been what he describes as a "cripple". As the play unfolds, however, we learn that
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