Master_Harold_Plot

Master Harold Plot Apartheid: The racial policy of the government of South Africa, under which whtie, African, Asiatic, and Colored communities live seperately, in principle, so that each group may develop to the full its own society and culture. It is largely resisted by the segregated non-white communities and by many liberal white South Africans. In 1990 the South African government took major steps toward the abolition of apartheid, including lifting the ban on black political parties. *The title is significant in that it relates directly to Athol Fugard. His entire name is Athol Harold Lannigan Fugard and this play is semi-autobiographical. *The play is set in 1950 in South Africa when the apartheid regime kept most of its people separate. *The protagonist is Sam *The antagonist is Hally *MDQ= Will Sam teach Hally to be a better man than his father could' *The climax is when Hally spits in Sam’s face. *The premier was at Yale Theater America starring Danny Glover, Zakes Mokae, and Zeljko Ivanek. It was directed by Athol Fugard. *Images include kite-flying, master, harold, plot, play, hally, sam, teach, south, play, father, tea, room, fugard, athol, africa, white, spits, sam’s, own, man, government, face, each, communities, climax, black, apartheid, african, zeljko, zakes, young, yale, work, willie, whtie, whose, whites, while, under