How Athol Fugard made political theater so riveting
Athol Fugard’s plays show the ways apartheid shaped the lives of South Africans, while they also reveal universal truths.
Athol Fugard’s Plays Illustrated the Value of Every Human Life
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works bear witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered vision of the ...
South Africa’s giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...
Athol Fugard Dies: South African Playwright & ‘Tsotsi’ Writer Was 92
Athol Fugard is dead, the South African playwright & 'Tsotsi' writer was 92 - he also wrote 'The Blood Knot' & 'Master Harold ...
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He ...
Remembering Athol Fugard, Whose Plays Exposed Apartheid’s Cruelty
The South African playwright, who died on March 8 at age 92, brought searing dramatic and moral force to his depictions of ...
Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an ...
Remembering South African playwright Athol Fugard
Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.
Athol Fugard: The Playwright who challenged apartheid through art
The life of Athol Fugard, a renowned South African playwright whose works transcended theatre to challenge apartheid and ...
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Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies
By Bruce Weber Bruce Weber is a former theater critic and obituary writer for The Times. Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose portrayals of intimate relationships burdened by ...
John Kani Pays Tribute to Dramatist and South African Countryman Athol Fugard: “He Believed in Me and My Anger”
The 'Lion King' and 'Black Panther' actor wrote two searing protest plays about apartheid in the 1970s with his inspirational friend, who died this month.
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought his life as a playwright was over, he told NPR in 2015. "I sincerely believe that I was going ...