FUGARD, ATHOL

(Athol Harold Lanigan Fugard)ätōlˈ fyooˈgard, foo–, 1932–, South African playwright, actor, and director. In 1965 he became director of the Serpent Players in Port Elizabeth; in 1972 he was a founder of Cape Town's Space Experimental Theatre. One of the first white playwrights to collaborate with black actors and workers, Fugard writes of the frustrations of life in contemporary South Africa and of overcoming the psychological barriers created by apartheid. Some of his works, such as Blood Knot (1960), the first in his family trilogy, were initially banned in South Africa. Widely acclaimed, his plays include Boesman and Lena (1969), Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (1972), A Lesson from Aloes (1978), the semiautobiographical work Master Harold…and the Boys (1982), The Road to Mecca (1985), and Playland (1993). In his first two postapartheid plays, Valley Song (1995) and The Captain's Tiger (1998), Fugard addresses rather personal concerns, but in Sorrows and Rejoicings (2001) he focuses on the complex racial dynamics of South Africa's new era. Fugard has also written one novel, Tsotsi (1980).

See also his Notebooks 1960–1977 (1983) and Cousins: A Memoir (1998).

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Great World Writers: Twentieth Century - Vol. 3
Book by Patrick M. O'Neil; Marshall Cavendish, 2004
Subjects: Authors--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Dinesen, Isak--1885-1962--Criticism and interpretation, Emecheta, Buchi--Criticism and interpretation, Forster, E. M--(Edward Morgan)--1879-1970--Criticism and interpretation, Fugard, Athol--Criticism and interpretation, Garcia Lorca, Federico--1898-1936--Criticism and interpretation, Kao, Hsi-chen--Criticism and interpretation, Literature, Modern--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries
...Middelburg, South Africa, Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (pro- nounced Few-gard...came to call himself simply Athol Fugard. Fugards mother, Elizabeth...younger sister, Glenda. When Athol was three, the Fugard family moved from Middelburg...
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Encyclopedia of African Literature
Book by Simon Gikandi; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: African Literature--Encyclopedias
...contemporary playwrights. Further reading Fugard, Athol (1974) Sizwe Bansi is Dead...Hand Can Touch: The Theater of Athol Fugard , New York: Theater Communications Group. Walder, Dennis (1984) Athol Fugard , London: Macmillan. Wertheim...
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Southern African Literatures
Book by Michael Chapman; Longman, 1996
Subjects: Southern African Literature--History And Criticism
...1954 until its banning in 1963. FUGARD Athol 1932- , born in eastern Cape...Benson J, 1983 . Read J. ed. , Athol Fugard: A Bibliography Grahamstown, 1991 . See: Gray S. ed. , Athol Fugard J, 1982 . Vandenbrouke R., Truths...
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The Politics of English as a World Language: New Horizons in Postcolonial Cultural Studies
Book by Christian Mair; Rodopi, 2003
Subjects: English Language
...Waster Harold ... and the Boys: Athol Fugard and the psychopathology of apartheid, Modern Drama 30: 505-13. Fugard, Athol (1987). Selected Plays, ed...2000). The Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard: From South Africa to the World...
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African Visions: Literary Images, Political Change, and Social Struggle in Contemporary Africa
Book by Cheryl B. Mwaria, Silvia Federici, Joseph McLaren; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization--20th Century, Africa, Sub-Saharan--Literatures--History And Criticism, Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions--1960-, Africa--Civilization--20th Century, Africa--Social Conditions--1960-, African Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century, Politics And Literature--Africa--History--20th Century
...Zell, 1992. Engstrom John. "A Lesson from Athol Fugard." New York Times , November 16, 1980, Arts...June 10, 1984, Arts and Leisure: 1+. Fugard Athol. Notebooks 1960/1977 Athol Fugard . Ed. Mary Benson. London: Faber and Faber...
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journal articles on: Fugard Athol  - 42 results

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A Tribute for Athol Fugard at Sixty
Journal article by Don Maclennan; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993
Subjects: Absurd (Philosophy)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Humanism in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South African drama (English)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
A tribute for Athol Fugard at sixty by Don Maclennan For the record, Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard was born in Middelburg, Cape Province...Wilhelm 112-13) I have known Athol Fugard as a friend for over twenty-five...
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Fugard as Director: An Interview with the Cast of 'Boesman and Lena
Journal article by Jack Barbera; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993
Subjects: African American actors--Interviews, David, Keith--Interviews, Fugard, Athol--Production and direction, Mokone, Tsepo--Interviews, South African drama (English)--Production and direction, Thigpen, Lynn--Interviews, Williams, Sandra Lea--Interviews
Fugard as director: an interview with the cast of Boesman and Lena. by Jack Barbera Athol Fugard has frequently directed his own work and...Lena, in South Africa in 1969, featured Athol Fugard as Boesman. The following year the play...
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Introduction: Fugard, Women, and Politics
Journal article by Jack Barbera; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993
Subjects: Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South African drama (English)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
Introduction: Fugard, women, and politics by Jack Barbera Athol Fugards My Children...could be a version of Athol and Sheila." And he quotes Fugard saying, "Its an examination...Friday and Nongogo. Athol Fugard may think of himself...
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Encounters with Fugard: Native of the Karoo
Journal article by Mary Benson; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993
Subjects: Authors, South African--Homes and haunts, Fugard, Athol--Homes and haunts, Little Karroo, South Africa--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Setting (Literature)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South African drama (English)--Technique
Encounters with Fugard: native of the Karoo...that never ended," is Athol Fugards recollection...Johannesburg in 1961 with Fugard and Zakes Mokae playing...The only assistance Athol ever requested was a...Winston Ntshona, told Fugard they wanted to become...
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Fugard Masters the Code
Journal article by Gerald Weales; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 39, 1993
Subjects: Drama--Stories, plots, etc., Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South African drama (English)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Critics are poisonous snakes," Athol Fugard told William B. Collins in 1982...in New York and say, My name is Athol Fugard and I am an alcoholic" ("Fugard...Characterization in the Plays of Athol Fugard" (U of Pretoria, 1971), excerpted...
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Not Redundant after All: Politics in the New South Africa Galvanises Liberal Writers Just as Much as It Did under Apartheid, as the Award-Winning Playwright Athol Fugard (Right) Tells Richard Brooks
Magazine article by Richard Brooks; New Statesman, Vol. 135, March 20, 2006
Subjects: Dramatists--Behavior, Dramatists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Dramatists--Works, Fugard, Athol--Behavior, Fugard, Athol--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Fugard, Athol--Works, Playwrights--Behavior, Playwrights--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Playwrights--Works, South Africa--Political aspects, South Africa--Social aspects, South Africans--Social aspects
...under Apartheid, as the Award-Winning Playwright Athol Fugard (Right) Tells Richard Brooks. by Richard Brooks Athol Fugard is arguably South Africas greatest ever dramatist...
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The Train Driver
Magazine article by Athol Fugard; American Theatre, Vol. 27, September 2010
Subjects: Dramatists--Interviews, Fugard, Athol--Interviews, Playwrights--Interviews
The Train Driver. by Athol Fugard PLAYSCRIPT Athol Fugard The Train Driver An Appointment Kept An interview...energies. I felt that the absolutely essential Athol Fugard is not the actor who tried to resist the invitation...
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Fugard in Detail
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 24, December 2007
Fugard in Detail. Some parts of your article by...Market is the birthplace of such seminal Athol Fugard plays as A Lesson from Aloes, Master Harold...Calif. The writer has collaborated with Fugard, published extensively on his work and...
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The Artist and the City
Magazine article by Dan Hulbert; American Theatre, Vol. 9, January 1993
Subjects: Blacks--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Dramatists--Attitudes, Fugard, Athol--Attitudes
...artist and the city by Dan Hulbert As Athol Fugard approached his "60th Birthday Celebration...Master Harold...and the Boys), Fugard wept. When the lights came up...during his three-week resi dency. Fugard was hardly the Great Author on a...
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Home and the World
Magazine article by Adina Hoffman; The American Prospect, Vol. 11, December 4, 2000
Subjects: Boesman and Lena (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Fugard, Athol--Criticism, interpretation, etc., South Africans--Literature
...in South African playwright Athol Fugards classic chamber drama...socially committed pedigree than Fugard and Berry. Born in New York...stand-in for the director.) Fugard, meanwhile, the son of an...surveillance, and so on. Yet Fugard felt compelled to remain in...
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'Tsotsi's' Oscar of Redemption; Film of Fugard Book about Thug Awards Vivid Life to His Salvation
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 10, 2006
...Tsotsis Oscar of Redemption; Film of Fugard Book about Thug Awards Vivid Life...Hoods "Tsotsi," based on an Athol Fugard novel, follows a teen on the cusp...Gavin Hood based on a novel by Athol Fugard. Cinematography by Lance Gewer...
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Agony of a Nation Torn in Two ... THEATRE
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 14, 2010
Subjects: Fugard, Athol, Theater
...South African playwright Athol Fugard, the legendary chronicler of apartheid...symbolic if low-key two-hander, Fugard continues to be his countrys conscience...ever was. Its germ is a true story Fugard read in a newspaper ten years ago...
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Agony of a Nation Torn in Two ... THEATRE
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 14, 2010
Subjects: Fugard, Athol
...South African playwright Athol Fugard, the legendary chronicler of apartheid...symbolic if low-key two-hander, Fugard continues to be his countrys conscience...ever was. Its germ is a true story Fugard read in a newspaper ten years ago...
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Culture Vulture: Picking over Some Bits 'N' Pieces
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 27, 2004
Subjects: Fugard, Athol
...Bits N Pieces. The play that made South African playwright Athol Fugards name internationally opens in Birmingham this week...society. The history of the play is somewhat tumultuous, with Fugard himself along with Zakes Mokae being arrested, when they appeared...
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FUGARD'S NEW SONG: Apartheid Is Gone, So South Africa's Dissident Playwright Feels Free to Give Apolitical Issues a Try
Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, May 18, 1997
Subjects: South Africa
...political statements in Athol Fugards "Valley Song...dramatic works that made Mr. Fugard internationally famous...very simple," says Mr. Fugard, sitting in the cavernous...handful of pumpkin seeds - Athol Fugard with a handful of words...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fugard Athol  - 2 results

 
 
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Fugard, Athol
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FUGARD, ATHOL (Athol Harold Lanigan Fugard)atol fyoo gard, foo , 1932 , South African playwright, actor, and director. In 1965 he became director of the Serpent Players in Port Elizabeth; in 1972 he was a founder of Cape Towns Space Experimental...
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South African Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bessie Head , Dan Jacobson, Peter Abrahams, Alex La Guma, Sonya Rollnick, Laurens Van Der Post, David Lytton, and Athol Fugard . Many of these writers deal with the conditions of apartheid in South Africa. In the 1970s and 80s writers such as...


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