Fugard

[ fyoo-gahrd, foo- ]

noun

1. Athol (Harold), born 1932, South African playwright and actor.

Fugard

/ ˈfuːɡɑːd /

noun

1. FugardAthol1932MSouth AfricanTHEATRE: dramatistTHEATRE: theatre director Athol (ˈæθəl). born 1932, South African dramatist and theatre director. His plays include The Blood-Knot (1961), Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1972), Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act (1974), and The Captain's Tiger (1999)

Example Sentences

Fugard, the South African playwright who was a leading artistic voice in the protest movement against apartheid, developed a relationship with the Fountain after being impressed by Sachs’ production of “The Road to Mecca” in 2000.

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Sachs included the Fugard productions in his list of career highlights.

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And then I remembered Athol Fugard telling me that bigger does not always mean better.”

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Hamilton, who won an Obie for her unforgettable performance in Athol Fugard’s “Valley Song,” delivers Mama’s dictatorial commands like a woman who has been made to feel that she has no room for error in this world.

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While working in city government out of college, he took an interest in acting, inspired by the works of South African playwright Athol Fugard.

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