A Lesson From Aloes

A psychological mystery of survival and politics, this award-winning play is considered by many to be Fugard's masterpiece.

Set in apartheid-era South Africa, Aloes shows how a nation's ideology creates an atmosphere that is either nurturing or poisonous. At what point does personal survival outweigh social justice? What happens to a friendship undermined by fear and paranoia? What can be done when mere existence is considered an act of treason?