Short description
The setting of The Road to Mecca is a village in the Karoo, the home of an old lady who has turned her house into a unique, highly personal, work of art. Her neighbours, and in particular the local minister, see her simply as an object of charity, and the play depicts the resulting crisis.
‘It is a colossal subject, and a frightening one. I am not quite sure, so soon after this emotionally searing initial viewing, just how completely I have come to terms with it. I do know that (Fugard’s) canvas is vaster, deeper, richer, more intricately shaded, than any he has attempted before. I am a little dazzled by it. And profoundly moved.’ Rand Daily Mail.