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!

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 ...

South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape ...

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, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays challenging ...

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Based on the Bob Rich novel "Looking Through Water." A father and son reconnect when they enter a fishing competition. With Michael Douglas and Cameron Douglas. Produced by Cartel Pictures. Shoots ...

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 Boys” ...

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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