Yusuf is on Death Row for murder. Adrian had a lucky escape years earlier when he survived Yusuf's murderous assault during an afternoon of casual sex. The story contrasts their different experiences of a divided pre-Mandela country during its attempts at reconciliation.
After fleeing his country, his religion, and his sexuality, Leon Lipschitz isolates himself in an opulent London residence where he uses his father's money for booze, drugs, and rent-boys, until a young man helps him to face the truth. 10,000 first printing.
Smous arrives in the isolated settlement of Middlepost in British South Africa in 1902 to find everyone speaking different languages, worshipping different gods and jostling for space. He stays here for nearly two years, amidst confusion, comedy and catastrophe.
Anthony Sher's performance as Richard III, for which he won the Standard Award for Best Actor of 1985, has been praised by both critics and audiences alike. This text records the making of this notable theatrical event.