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, including 'Blood Knot,' 'Boesman and Lena,' 'A Lesson From Aloes' and 'My Children!
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 aged 92. According to AP, the South African government has confirmed Fugard’s death and said South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons,
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.
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 said his job was to make "leaps out of my reality and into other realities."
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 Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’... and the Boys,” has died.
Playwright Fugard, whose works challenged apartheid, dies at 92
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 Boys” to show how the racist system distorted the humanity of his country with what he called “a daily tally of injustice,
Legacy of a Playwright: Athol Fugard's Impact on Theatre and Apartheid
Athol Fugard, South Africa's renowned playwright, known for exposing the harsh realities of apartheid through works like 'The Blood Knot' and 'Master Harold...and the Boys,' has passed away at 92. His plays,
Athol Fugard’s Plays Illustrated the Value of Every Human Life
In “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works, bearing witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered vision of the realities of apartheid South Africa.
Athol Fugard’s plays offered hope where there was despair, courage where there was dismay
Playwrights and actors — and Fugard’s own words — help us embrace the importance of South Africa’s pre-eminent playwright, Athol Fugard, now that he has passed into history at the age of 92. He died on 9 March at his home in Stellenbosch.
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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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