Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard (1932-2025) was an internationally acclaimed South African playwright whose best-known work dealt with the political and social upheaval of the apartheid system in South Africa. He was educated at the University of Cape Town. His plays include “Master Harold”...and the Boys, The Captain’s Tiger, Valley Song, My Children! My Africa!, A Lesson from Aloes, The Island and the award-winning Sizwe Banzi is Dead. Mr. Fugard received six honorary degrees from esteemed colleges and was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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