The road to Mecca
Subtitle: suggested by the life and work of Helen Martins of New Bethesda
By: Athol Fugard
Edition: Book club ed.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Drama; Women artists; Outsider artists; Aging; Psychological aspects; Owl House (Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa)
Description: Presents the script of a play in which Miss Helen, an elderly woman who appears to be increasingly unable to care for herself, becomes the pawn in a struggle between the local pastor who wants to get Miss Helen into an old-age home, and Elsa, a young teacher who is determined that Miss Helen remain free.
Notes: Originally published: London : Boston : Faber and Faber, 1985.