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National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys
8.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 40m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practise their steps for the finals of the ballroom dancing championship. Hally arrives from school to hide out in his parents' tea room. These two men have been unlikely best friends to Hally his whole life. But it is apartheid era South Africa: he's Master Harold, and they are the boys. Tony Award-winning playwright Athol Fugard's semi-autobiographical and blistering masterwork explores the nature of friendship, and the ways people are capable of hurting even those they love.
Cast & Crew
Hammed Animashaun
Willie
Lead
Anson Boon
Hally
Lucian Msamati
Sam
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Alexander Weise's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
