Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword
An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, ...
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Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies
In works like “Blood Knot,” “Master Harold” and “The Island,” he laid bare the realities of racial separatism in his homeland, South Africa. By Bruce Weber Bruce Weber is a former ...
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
He doesn't need huge numbers of people." In fact, Fugard's breakthrough 1961 play, Blood Knot featured only two actors onstage; they played brothers, one Black, the other of mixed race ...
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 ...
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Athol Fugard Dies: South African Playwright & ‘Tsotsi’ Writer Was 92
Athol Fugard, the Blood Knot, Master Harold… and the Boys and Tsotsi writer who is widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest ever playwright, has died. He was 92. According to AP, the South ...
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Athol Fugard, South Africa’s Giant Playwright, Dies at 92
South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape of our nation.” By The Associated Press Athol Fugard, South Africa ...
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Athol Fugard, Tony Award-winning South African playwright whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold ...
South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — (AP) — Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as "The Blood Knot" and "’Master Harold’... and the ...
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Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Chronicled Apartheid, Dies at 95
His early exposure to the racial injustices of his homeland shaped his work. His breakthrough play, The Blood Knot (later retitled Blood Knot), premiered in 1961, telling the story of two brothers ...
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Remembering South African playwright Athol Fugard
When Fugard co-starred in his 1961 play "The Blood Knot" with Black actor Zakes Mokae, they became the first Black and white actors in South African history to share a stage. Soon after, Fugard was ...