Behind the ‘Line

‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys is now open and we are so happy to be sharing Athol Fugard’s masterpiece, the most autobiographical of his plays, with Chicago audiences. Many of Chicago’s professional theater critics have weighed in on the show, but now’s your chance. Share your own review, comments or questions about the production below.

“Athol Fugard has created theater of power, glory, and majestic language.” — The New York Times Once identified by Time magazine as “the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world,” Athol Fugard is known for his deeply rooted and controversial anti-apartheid dramas. Raised in Port Elizabeth since the age of three, Fugard deems himself the mongrel son of an English speaking father of Polish/Irish descent and an Afrikaner mother. Before becoming a playwright, young Fugard ...