It was Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost playwright and the great chronicler of his country’s apartheid past. There he was, sipping a cup of coffee like any ordinary person. I plucked up ...

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 ...

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 ...

Athol Fugard, the Blood Knot, Master Harold… and the Boys and Tsotsi writer who is widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest ever playwright, has died. He was 92. According to AP, the South ...

Fugard was widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright, and he published more than thirty plays, mostly with political themes opposing the system of apartheid. He received a Tony ...

Internationally acclaimed South African playwright, novelist, director and actor Athol Fugard has died. According to information received by News24, the 92-year-old died on Saturday. "It is a very sad ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright and director whose searing dramas confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and found a lasting home on the New York stage, died on March 8.

Acclaimed playwright and novelist Athol Fugard died on Saturday, 8 March, at 92. Lisa, his daughter, told News24 that her father spent the day watching birds and was eagerly anticipating a cricket ...

I am profoundly saddened by the passing of Athol Fugard. He was an icon of the South African theatre fraternity who was a gifted playwright, actor and director. As a committed anti-apartheid ...

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.

Sam set off on foot for New Brighton, the main black township in Port Elizabeth. A few minutes later Athol Fugard followed on his bicycle. As he drew level with Sam, making him break his stride ...