Acting · b. 1932

Athol Fugard

Biography

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.

Directed
The Road to Mecca 1991
Acting
The Space: Theatre of Survival as Self(rumored) 2019 Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Self 2012 In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid Self (archive footage) 1994 The Killing Fields Dr. Sundesval 1984 Gandhi General Jan Christiaan Smuts 1982 A Sizwe Bansi Workshop Himself 1981 Meetings with Remarkable Men Professor Skridlov 1979 The Public's Right to Know Self 1974
Other Credits
"Master Harold" ...and the Boys Writer 2020 Master Harold... and the Boys Theatre Play 2010 Tsotsi Novel 2005 Boesman and Lena Theatre Play 2000 'Master Harold'... and the Boys Author 1985 Marigolds in August Writer 1980 The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais Writer 1977 Sizwe Bansi is Dead Writer 1974 Boesman and Lena Writer 1973 Mille Miglia Writer 1968
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