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!

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

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 ...

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’ CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South ...

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 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold’ ...

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.

When playwright Athol Fugard’s first play to receive international recognition, The Blood Knot, played in London in the early 1960s, it was met with disfavour by the reigning critic of the day ...

Athol Fugard, the renowned South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director, best known for his searing critiques of ...