When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought his life as a playwright was over, he told NPR in 2015. "I sincerely believe that I was going ...

By Bruce Weber Bruce Weber is a former theater critic and obituary writer for The Times. Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose portrayals of intimate relationships burdened by ...

Then Fats started to introduce me to everyone and finally to the white guy. Fats said: John, this is Athol. Athol, this is John’. That was the beginning of a whole new chapter in my life - and a life ...

It was Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost playwright and the great chronicler of his country’s apartheid past. There he was, sipping a cup of coffee like any ordinary person. I plucked up ...

Acclaimed playwright and novelist Athol Fugard died on Saturday, 8 March, at 92. Lisa, his daughter, told News24 that her father spent the day watching birds and was eagerly anticipating a cricket ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright and director whose searing dramas confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and found a lasting home on the New York stage, died on March 8.

Tributes continue to pour in following the passing of South African literary giant, Athol Fugard. The 92-year-old passed after battling a long illness. Lauded as the greatest active playwright in ...

While generally true, the precept doesn't hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation. Born in Middelburg, South Africa, in 1932 to ...

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays ...

The South African playwright and actor Athol Fugard, who died on March 8 at age 92, is the extraordinarily rare artist for whom one could make such lofty assertions. Mr. Fugard wrote more than 30 ...

I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A man from Puerto Rico was sentenced to prison on Wednesday in connection to a child rape case in Athol back in 2023. Massachusetts governor and education secretary ...