Athol Fugard
Born Jun 11 1932• Died Mar 08 2025
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Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.
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Athol Fugard's Credits
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BBC Play of the Month
Writing
Playhouse
Writing
Theatre 625
Morris
Gandhi
General Jan Christiaan Smuts
The Killing Fields
Dr. Sundesval
Tsotsi
Writing
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Professor Skridlov
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Writing
Mille Miglia
Writing
The Space: Theatre of Survival
as Self(rumored)
Marigolds in August
Paulus Olifant
Boesman and Lena
Writing
Master Harold... and the Boys
Writing
The Road to Mecca
Rev. Marius Byleveld
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self (archive footage)
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
Himself
The Public's Right to Know
Self
The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
Eugène Marais
Boesman and Lena
Boesman
"Master Harold" ...and the Boys
Writing
Sizwe Bansi is Dead
Writing