The Road to Mecca
This unusual drama by a premiere contemporary dramatist focuses on Miss Helen an old Boer woman who lives alone in the South African boondocks where she creates odd concrete sculptures which she calls her Mecca. A young woman who was once helped by Miss Helen has traveled hundreds of miles to help her in a time of crisis Miss Helen is in danger of being sent to an old folks home by a narrow minded minister who considers her sculptures a public nuisance. A penetrating study of the role of the artist in any society this important play was produced in London and New York to great critical acclaim.
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The Road to Mecca
This unusual drama by a premiere contemporary dramatist focuses on Miss Helen an old Boer woman who lives alone in the South African boondocks where she creates odd concrete sculptures which she calls her Mecca. A young woman who was once helped by Miss Helen has traveled hundreds of miles to help her in a time of crisis Miss Helen is in danger of being sent to an old folks home by a narrow minded minister who considers her sculptures a public nuisance. A penetrating study of the role of the artist in any society this important play was produced in London and New York to great critical acclaim.
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The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca

by Athol Fugard
The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca

by Athol Fugard

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Overview

This unusual drama by a premiere contemporary dramatist focuses on Miss Helen an old Boer woman who lives alone in the South African boondocks where she creates odd concrete sculptures which she calls her Mecca. A young woman who was once helped by Miss Helen has traveled hundreds of miles to help her in a time of crisis Miss Helen is in danger of being sent to an old folks home by a narrow minded minister who considers her sculptures a public nuisance. A penetrating study of the role of the artist in any society this important play was produced in London and New York to great critical acclaim.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780573660184
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Publication date: 06/16/2015
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 102
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

Athol Fugard (1932-2025) worked in the theater as a playwright, director and actor for more than fifty years. His plays include Blood Knot, Boesman and Lena, “Master Harold”… and the boys, The Road to Mecca, My Children! My Africa!, Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act and Valley Song.

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