Book Synopsis These three Port Elizabeth plays, which established South African playwright Athol Fugards international reputation more than twenty years ago, examine with passion and grace close family relationships strained almost unendurably by the harshest of economic and political conditions. A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize.--Mel Gussow, The New Yorker About the Author The New Yorker has said of Athol Fugard, A rare playwright, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize. His major works for the stage include: Blood Knot; Master Harold...and the boys; My Children! My Africa!; A Lesson from Aloes; The Road to Mecca; Valley Song; and The Captains Tiger.