'Master Harold'... and the boys

1950. Apartheid South Africa.

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.

Important Information

Please note: As part of depicting the experience of 1950s apartheid South Africa, at times characters in the play use language which is racially offensive.

Performance Times

Now taking bookings for performances up until Mon 16th December 2019.

Show times for each day are below.

Mon

7.30pm

Tue

2.15pm
7.30pm

Wed

7.30pm

Thu

Fri

7.30pm

Sat

2.15pm
7.30pm

Sun

Lyttelton Theatre, National Details

Bus routes: (Waterloo Road) 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, RV1, X68

Night buses: (Waterloo Road) 139, 176, 188, 243, 341, N1, N68, N76, N171, N343

Nearest rail: Waterloo

Tube lines: Waterloo & City, Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee

Nearest tube: Waterloo

Directions from Waterloo :

(10mins) Follow signs for exits to the South Bank. This should lead you to an underground pedestrian passage called ‘Sutton Walk’ that emerges at the South Bank. Turn right and walk along the river Thames until you see the National Theat

Car park: National Theatre, Upper Ground (1min)

In congestion zone?: Yes

Facilities at Lyttelton Theatre, National

Air conditioned

Bar

Disabled toilets

Infrared hearing loop

Toilets

Wheelchair accessible

Lyttelton Theatre, National Location

South Bank, London, SE1 9PX

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