Shaw Review: Master Harold’s delicate dance delivers

JOHN LAW

South African playwright Athol Fugard’s biting play “Master Harold”..and the Boys was banned by his own country in 1982. It was the first time one of the country’s most celebrated writers had to premiere his work elsewhere.

'MASTER HAROLD'. . . AND THE BOYS

(out of five)

Athol Fugard James Daly, Andre Sills and Allan Louis Philip Akin.

Directed by: At the Court House Theatre until Sept. 10.

Tensions boil over between, from left, Andre Sills, Allan Louis and James Daly in the Shaw Festival's production of "Master Harold"...and The Boys. It opened Friday at the Court House Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake.