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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

March 24, 1983

Athol Fugard, South Africa's world-renowned playwright, brought his famous play ''Master Harold . . . and the Boys'' to an enthusiastic opening in Johannesburg. The work, portraying the relationship between a young white and two black men, was originally banned in South Africa.