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Boesman and Lena

Boesman and Lena

Athol Fugard

Boesman and Lena

Boesman and Lena

Athol Fugard

Overview

Two Black scavengers emerge from the underbrush loaded with their total possessions: the makings of a shack and a battery of pots and pans, but nothing to cook in them. They are the dregs of society, the stepped-upon, the spat-upon.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) started working in the theatre as a playwright, director and actor in the late 1950s in apartheid-era South Africa. He is the author of over 30 plays that have been staged in South Africa, USA (regionally and on Broadway) and acros ...

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