While generally true, the precept doesn't hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform ...

The season includes new works from Roxana Ortega, Rudi Goblen and Beth Hyland, as well as notable premieres of plays by ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including ” ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys,” ”The Road to Mecca,” “Boesman and Lena,” ”A Lesson From Aloes,” died on Saturday.

and Best Foreign Play at the Obie Awards for Bowman and Lena. How many shows has Athol Fugard written? Athol Fugard has written 6 shows including Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (Playwright), The Island ...

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 ...

Athol Fugard, an acclaimed South African playwright whose works explored the brutality of his country’s apartheid regime, ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. As a playwright, actor and director, Athol Fugard defied South Africa's apartheid system, and the government punished him for it. He died Saturday at the age of 92.

When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought his life as a playwright was over, he told NPR in 2015. "I sincerely believe that I was going ...

South African playwright Athol Fugard has died. He wrote about life during and after apartheid in plays such as "Blood Knot" and "Master Harold... And The Boys." He was 92 years old. With more ...