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Sheila Meiring Fugard (m. 1956; div. 2015) Paula Fourie (m. 2016) Children. Lisa, Halle. 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.
St. Georges Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1950. "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, [ 1] where it ran for 344 performances. The play takes place in South Africa ...
Hello and Goodbye is a 1965 play by South African playwright Athol Fugard. Reception. Reviewing a 1981 Boston production of the play, critic Carolyn Clay of The Boston Phoenix noted that Hello and Goodbye was "part of a 'trilogy' constructed by Fugard in the late '60s that also includes The Blood Knot" (1961) and Boesman and Lena (1969).
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead. Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (originally produced and published as: Sizwe Bansi is Dead) is a play by Athol Fugard, written collaboratively with two South African actors, John Kani and Winston Ntshona, both of whom appeared in the original production. Its world première occurred on 8 October 1972 at the Space Theatre, Cape Town ...
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. The Island focuses on two cellmates, one whose successful appeal ...
Boesman and Lena is a small-cast play by South African playwright Athol Fugard, set in the Swartkops mudflats outside of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. [1] It features a "Coloured" man and woman walking from one shanty town to another, and explores the effect of apartheid on a few individuals.
A Lesson from Aloes is a 1978 play by South African playwright Athol Fugard. It is the story of Piet Bezuidenhout, a red-faced, big-hearted Afrikaner, who is suspected of being an informer; Gladys, his fragile embittered wife, whose tenuous hold on sanity has been broken by a routine police raid during which her diaries were ransacked; and ...
The Shadow of the Hummingbird. The Shadow of the Hummingbird is a play written by South African playwright Athol Fugard. It made its world premiere at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, with its first run from 26 March to 23 April 2014. It was directed by Gordon Edelstein, the Long Wharf Theatre's artistic director, and starred ...