Master Harold and the Boys | Style

Master Harold and the Boys Style

Setting

"Master Harold" . . . and the Boys is a drama set in the St. George's Tea Room on a wet and windy afternoon. The year is 1950 and the location is Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The entire play takes place in the restaurant. While it is a small, enclosed space, the tearoom serves as a microcosm of South African society at large. The attitudes and situations that are displayed in the restaurant are variations on what occurred on a daily basis under the system of apartheid

Realism

"Master Harold" . . . and the Boys subscribes to the school of realism in that the actions and dialogue of the three characters are very much as they would be in real life This is not surprising given that the play is based on events from Fugard' s own life. Like his titular character, the playwright had the nickname Hally as...
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