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Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. [1] He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid.
Jun 7, 2024 · Athol Fugard (born June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa) is a South African dramatist, actor, and director who became internationally known for his penetrating and pessimistic analyses of South African society during the apartheid period.
The Island is a play written by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. The apartheid-era drama, inspired by a true story, is set in an unnamed prison clearly based on South Africa's notorious Robben Island prison, where Nelson Mandela was held for twenty-seven years.
"Master Harold"...and the boys is a play by Athol Fugard. Set in 1950, it was first produced at the Yale Repertory Theatre in March 1982 and made its premiere on Broadway on 4 May at the Lyceum Theatre, where it ran for 344 performances.
For over half a century he has written almost forty soul-searing plays with roles for all South Africans which have moved audiences in South Africa and around the world to laughter and tears as they reflected the inhumanity of apartheid. His plays champion truth and fundamental universal humanity.
Athol Fugard is a South African director, actor, and writer of more than thirty plays. He is best known for creating works confronting the racial segregation of apartheid, and today continues to pen insightful plays addressing modern inequality.
Feb 10, 2023 · The township plays. by. Fugard, Athol. Publication date. 1993. Topics. City and town life -- Drama, Political plays, South African (English), Blacks -- South Africa -- Drama, South Africa -- Drama. Publisher. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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The Train Driver is classic Athol Fugard, and one of his most important plays. The playwright, known throughout the world as a chronicler of his native South Africa's apartheid past, directed...
Feb 17, 2012 · In this week’s issue, Hilton Als writes about the South African playwright Athol Fugard, who is being honored by the Signature Theatre Company this year with a series of three revivals ...
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Apr 30, 2009 · A playwright whose work is appreciated on a global scale, Athol Fugard's plays have done more to document and provide a cultural commentary on Apartheid-era South Africa than any other...
