Word: boesman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lena counts the bruises inflicted on her that morning by her unfeeling mate for something she did not do, she pleads with Boesman to talk to her and to explain where they have been and where they have going...
Members of the cast and crew have unflinchingly remained true to the bleak realities of Fugard's vision, even down to the use of words in African dialect. Boesman and Lena are portrayed at a moment of severe crisis and, admirably, the performance does not shrink away from the appropriate intensity. The audience is rightly exhausted by the play's conclusion and deeply touched as well...
...booming voice coupled with a commanding stage presence enables Lou Ferguson to give Boesman, Lena's abusive mate, the realistic air of a man who has become numb to the pain and hardship of his life as well as to Lena's need for compassion and companionship...
...performance is set on a dismal, grey landscape--a path on the mudflats of the Swartops river. Boesman and Lena have nothing but what they carry on their backs, and what they carry is "white man's rubbish"--pieces of metal to make a shack for the night, a rusty barrel, a few dirty blankets and two wooden crates...
...incessant arguments between Boesman and Lena begin almost immediately. Alone and homeless, as in the past, they turn on one another in anger and despair. Some of the verbal attacks are faintly amusing but can inspire no more than a nervous laugh from the audience...