Master Harold… And the Boys
Opening Night: June 1, 2003
Closing: July 13, 2003
Theater: Bernard B. Jacobs
The play explores a young white man’s coming of age in 1950s apartheid South Africa. Sam and Willie, two middle-aged black men, are servants at the St. George’s Park Tea Room owned by the parents of Hally ("Master Harold"), a 17 year old white boy. Hally has been confronted with two very different role models for his imminent adulthood: his bigoted drunken father, and the black man who has been his friend and lifelong mentor. By the end of the day, his life course has been set in motion on an unexpected path
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June 2, 2003
Those who lament the eroding effects of time and Hollywood on vital young actors might want to check out what Danny Glover is up to. After some 20 highly visible years in film, where he became an action hero in the ”Lethal Weapon” series, Mr. Glover has returned to Broadway in the same play in which he made his debut in 1982, Athol Fugard’s ” ‘Master Harold’ . . . and the Boys.” Time, in this instance, has been generous.
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