In 2012, playwright Athol Fugard, who was then 80, said, "I have a greater sense of adventure at this moment in my life than I ever had in the past." Fugard is pictured above in February 1985.

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 ...

Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard was born on June 11, 1932, in Middleburg, in a semiarid region of South Africa known as the Karoo. His family moved to Port Elizabeth when he was 3.

Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona’s classic play The Island was performed at the National Arts Festival in ...

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

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.

Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as "The Blood Knot" and "'Master Harold' Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, including 'Blood Knot,' 'Boesman and Lena,' 'A Lesson From Aloes' and 'My Children!

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

ATHOL FUGARD: I sincerely believed that I was going to be South Africa's first literary redundancy. But South Africa caught me by surprise again and just said, no, you got to keep writing, man.

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 ...

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’.