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Fugard is dead, but is alive in Uganda
Athol Fugard, the renowned South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director, best known for his searing critiques of ...
The New York Times6d
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 ...
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 ...
The Economist2d
Athol Fugard spoke truth to apartheid South Africa
In “Sizwe Bansi is Dead” (1972), Sizwe tried to resist ... The climax of the play was a two-man performance of Sophocles’s “Antigone” for the other prisoners. Antigone had defied the ...
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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John Kani pays tribute to long-time friend and colleague Athol Fugard
Internationally acclaimed South African playwright and theatre trailblazer Athol Fugard died this week. John Kani has penned a personal tribute to Fugard who he worked with in Tony award-winning play ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword
The Black prisoners of “The Island” turn to Sophocles’ “Antigone” to understand the ... “Sizwe Bansi Is Dead” and “The Island” have the propulsive energy of performance art ...