Join us as we pay tribute to the icons of South African theatre and cinema, exploring the legacies that continue to inspire.

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an ...

South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape of our nation.” ...

The American actor Don Cheadle played munitions expert Basher Tarr in the Ocean’s 11 franchise that was incredibly ...

Five years later, undeterred, he starred in another interracial play, becoming the first Black actor to play Othello in a ...

It criticized the Black-led South African government on multiple fronts, saying it is pursuing anti-white policies at home ...

His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of ...

South African writer and theatre director Athol Fugard was acclaimed at home and abroad for plays that exposed the injustices of the apartheid system and challenged its racist taboos, including by ...

But South African authorities confiscated his passport ... not just for Fugard, but the Black actors he worked with. "Many of whom, because of the association with me, and it raised a very ...

The order criticized the Black-led South African government on multiple fronts, saying it is pursuing anti-white policies at ...