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 ...

Internationally acclaimed South African playwright, director, and actor, Athol Fugard, died at his home on Sunday after a long illness. Athol Fugard was 92. The writer exposed the realities of ...

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The South African government confirmed Athol Fugard's death and said the country "has lost one of its greatest literary and ...

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

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...

Athol Fugard’s plays show the ways apartheid shaped the lives of South Africans, while they also reveal universal truths.

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Athol Fugard, the South African playwright and director whose searing dramas confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and ...

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Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.

Athol Fugard worked with Black actors to create plays about life under apartheid in South Africa, often drawing from small personal moments, then telescoping them into wider observations of society.