The play opens in a house in the Karoo village of New Bethesda, where the protagonist is fussing around an old-fashioned washstand.
The play opens in a house in the Karoo village of New Bethesda, where the protagonist is fussing around an old-fashioned washstand. The protagonist, isolated from the local Afrikaner population, has over 200 statues and figurines in her garden, shaped like owls, Buddhas, and Biblical figures. In response to a distressed letter from the protagonist, the young teacher Elsa visits her along with the local pastor, Marius Byleveld, who helps her apply to a nursing home. FTP, name this Athol Fugard play in which Miss Helen has visions of the titular city.
The play opens in a house in the Karoo village of New Bethesda, where the protagonist is fussing around an old-fashioned washstand.
The {Road to Mecca}