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Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard

1932-06-11

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Biography

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.

Best known for:

Gandhi

The Killing Fields

Tsotsi

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Master Harold... and the Boys

'Master Harold'... and the Boys

BBC Play of the Month

Boesman and Lena

Playhouse

The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais

The Road to Mecca

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys

Mille Miglia

Boesman and Lena

The Public's Right to Know

Sizwe Bansi is Dead

Marigolds in August

A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

The Space: Theatre of Survival

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Filmography:

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
WORK AS:
Writer
Playhouse (1974)
WORK AS:
Writer
Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1974)
WORK AS:
Writer
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Skridlov
Marigolds in August (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Paulus Olifant
WORK AS:
Writer
Gandhi (1982)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
General Jan Christiaan Smuts
The Killing Fields (1984)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Dr. Sundesval
'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985)
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Author

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Boesman and Lena (2000)
WORK AS:
Theatre Play, Writer
Tsotsi (2005)
5.7
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Novel
Master Harold... and the Boys (2010)
WORK AS:
Theatre Play
"Master Harold" ...and the Boys (2020)
WORK AS:
Writer

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