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   Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. [1] He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Athol-FugardAthol Fugard | Biography, Plays, & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 7, 2024 · Athol Fugard (born June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa) is a South African dramatist, actor, and director who became internationally known for his penetrating and pessimistic analyses of South African society during the apartheid period.

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4. www.sahistory.org.za › people › harold-athol-fugardHarold Athol Fugard | South African History Online

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   Learn about the life and works of Athol Fugard, a playwright, actor, and novelist who challenged apartheid in his art. Find out his date of birth, his famous plays, and his awards.

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   Learn about the life and work of Athol Fugard, a controversial South African playwright who wrote in English to criticize apartheid. Find out his facts, trivia, influences, and major plays such as The Blood Knot and Tsotsi.

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   Learn about the life and works of Athol Fugard, South Africa's most acclaimed playwright, director and actor. Explore his chronological list of plays, his Tony Award, his Humanitas Visiting Professorship and his legacy in the theatre community.

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   Learn about the life, works, and achievements of Athol Fugard, South Africa's most widely produced dramatist abroad. Explore his plays, screenplays, novels, and memoirs that reflect his political and artistic vision.

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   How did Athol Fugard start writing?

   • Athol Fugard started writing after a brief spell at acting. His first work in theatres was a piece called the The Rehearsal Room. Fugard wrote, acted, and directed this play which with its multiracial cast openly rejected segregation in South African theatres. This led to most of his works being banned by the government.

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   Who is Athol Fugard?

   • Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid. Some of these have also been adapted for film.

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   Who was Harold Fugard?

   • Fugard was born as Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard, in Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa, on 11 June 1932. His mother, Marrie (née Potgieter), an Afrikaner, operated a general store and then a lodging house; his father, Harold Fugard, of Irish, English and French Huguenot descent, was a former jazz pianist who had become disabled.

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   Did Athol Fugard play Jan Smuts?

   • During the 1980s, Athol Fugard appeared as an actor in a number of feature films, including The Killing Fields and Gandhi, in which he played South African General (and later Prime Minister) Jan Smuts.

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    Jul 16, 2021 · Learn about the life and work of Athol Fugard, a novelist and playwright who challenged the apartheid system in South Africa through his theater. Explore his early influences, his travels, his collaborations with black actors, and his awards and recognition.