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Fugard, Athol
Fugard, Athol (b. 1932), playwright. He was born in Middleburg, South Africa, the son of an Afrikaner mother and a father of Irish‐Huguenot descent, and educated at the University of Capetown before writing plays in 1959. Fugard's first work to be produced in America was Non‐gogo (1978) at the Manhattan Theatre Club. His other plays to be seen in New York include The Blood Knot (1964), Boesman and Lena (1970), The Island/Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1974), A Lesson from Aloes (1980), Master Harold . . . and the Boys (1982), The Road to Mecca (1988), and Valley Song (1995). Most of Fugard's plays concern apartheid and how it affects both the white and black citizens of his native country, and he is known for his poetic, philosophical tone rather than angry socialistic stance.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Fugard, Athol." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Fugard, Athol." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FugardAthol.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Fugard, Athol." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FugardAthol.html |
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Fugard, Athol
Fugard, Athol (1932– ) South African playwright, director and actor. Fugard achieved international acclaim for his plays The Blood Knot (1961), Sizwe Bandi is Dead (1972), and My Children! My Africa (1990). His work often explores the effects of apartheid on South Africa's black population and the country's rapidly changing modern politics. He published an autobiography, Cousins: A Memoir, in 1997.
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"Fugard, Athol." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Fugard, Athol." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-FugardAthol.html "Fugard, Athol." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-FugardAthol.html |
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