One title character mocks the other for crying over (*) shanties demolished by a bulldozer and is later cruel to the old man who speaks only Xhosa, taking away the blanket his wife had given him.
A conflict over broken bottles leads to a revelation of the motivations of one character in this work, and the protagonists stop at one point to watch a bird. One character describes counting her bruises while being watched by two children and says the madam would not want her, and the title characters had lived for a time in Redhouse and Korsten before traveling to their present location. One title character mocks the other for crying over (*) shanties demolished by a bulldozer and is later cruel to the old man who speaks only Xhosa, taking away the blanket his wife had given him. That man dies while one title character finally answers the other's questions and reveals his frustration with being forced to move from place to place by whites. For 10 points name this play by Athol Fugard about the title couple.
A conflict over broken bottles leads to a revelation of the motivations of one character in this work, and the protagonists stop at one point to watch a bird.
{Boesman} and {Lena}