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John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it
Actor, playwright and activist John Kani is a legend in South Africa. He was arrested, beaten and almost left for dead ...
BroadwayWorld17d
John Van Druten
How many shows has John Van Druten written? John Van Druten has written 25 shows including Young Woodley (Playwright), Diversion (Playwright), After All (Playwright), There's Always Juliet ...
The New Zealand Herald19d
Ninety-year-old tennis and pickleball player encourages everyone to have a go
Helen Drinkwater is never far away from a pickleball paddle, as the 90-year-old enjoys playing the fast-paced game. Photo / Denise Piper Having the courage to join a club for the first time is one ...
Los Angeles Times19d
Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword
While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard ... devised with actors Winston Ntshona and John Kani, opened a more direct channel to the lived reality ...
PBS19d
Athol Fugard, Tony Award-winning South African playwright whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold ...
The Conversation19d
Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
These two plays were workshopped with black actors from the New Brighton township – John Kani and Winston Ntshona and others. They had a theatre group but they came to request that he help them ...
Associated Press19d
South Africa’s giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Actress Amy Irving sits with actor-director-playwright Athol Fugard during rehearsals of the play “The ...
NPR20d
Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 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 ...
BBC20d
Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
Other well-known plays by Fugard include Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island, which he co-wrote with the actors John Kani and Winston ... as the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking ...
The Citizen20d
SA mourns death of playwright and author Athol Fugard
Picture: File South Africa is mourning the death of acclaimed South African playwright, actor and novelist Athol Fugard. Fugard reportedly died on Saturday at the age of 92. “It is a very sad ...
The Daily Telegraph20d
Athol Fugard, playwright and actor whose work shone an unflinching light on apartheid South Africa
Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was South Africa’s best-known playwright during the apartheid years and one of the country’s foremost opponents of racial oppression; an actor and director ...