Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard describes his new play as, for himself, the most important he has ever written.

The Train Driver – review Michael Billington 2010

' The Train Driver ' LONDON — Veteran South African playwright Athol Fugard, now aged 78, says he has come out of retirement to direct the European premiere of his latest play, " The Train Driver, " at Hampstead Theatre.

The Redemption of Paul Levy 2010

It was a treat, but no real surprise, to hear him in discussion with Nadine Gordimer and Athol Fugard, but I liked the way this widely-encompassing look at post-Apartheid South Africa took in younger voices such as Karabo Kgoleng, a DJ on a local FM radio station in Johannesburg.

South Africa's Path to Freedom 2010

Athol Fugard is a novelist, actor, director and first and foremost, one of the great playwrights in the world today.

Brad Schreiber: Athol Fugard: Art Battling Apartheid and Aids 2009

Athol Fugard is a novelist, actor, director and first and foremost, one of the great playwrights in the world today.

Brad Schreiber: Athol Fugard: Art Battling Apartheid and Aids 2009

Athol Fugard is a novelist, actor, director and first and foremost, one of the great playwrights in the world today.

Brad Schreiber: Athol Fugard: Art Battling Apartheid and Aids 2009

He was the first to direct the works of his good friend, Athol Fugard.

Michael Kaiser: The Remarkable Barney Simon 2009

Based on a novel by Athol Fugard, Gavin Hood's raw, searing film brings off a tricky premise with just the right balance of sensitivity and force, as the discovery of a baby rekindles in a supposedly hardened thug long-suppressed feelings of humanity and an instinctive desire for redemption.

John Farr: Best International Films of the Decade So Farr 2008

South Africa's best-known playwright, Athol Fugard, achieved international renown in the early 1970s with his play "The Island," which he created with two black actors, John Kani and Winston Ntshona.

On 'The Island' 2008

Music & TheaterSorrows & Rejoicings In his first play to premiere in Cape Town since the 1970s (at the Baxter theater through September), Athol Fugard explores postapartheid South Africa through the love of two women -- one white, one of mixed race -- for a white Afrikaner poet, who returns home to die after 17 years of exile in Britain.

The Art Of Autumn 2007