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Playwright Athol Fugard Dies

Athol Fugard’s Plays Illustrated the Value of Every Human Life

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works bear witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered vision of the realities of apartheid South Africa.

Variety · 3d

Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Spoke to Worldwide Audiences, Dies at 92

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including 'The Road to Mecca,' and 'Boesman and Lena' died on Saturday. He was 92.

BBC on MSN · 3d

Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright

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 challenging the racist system of apartheid.

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Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, ...

The New York Times5d

Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies

By Bruce Weber Bruce Weber is a former theater critic and obituary writer for The Times. Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose portrayals of intimate relationships burdened by ...

The Washington Post5d

Athol Fugard, trenchant South African playwright, dies at 92

Athol Fugard, an acclaimed South African playwright whose works explored the brutality of his country’s apartheid regime, using anger and empathy to protest the dehumanizing effects of racial ...