Fugard

American  

[fyoo-gahrd, foo-] / ˈfyu gɑrd, ˈfu- /

noun

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

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Fugard British  

/ ˈfuːɡɑːd /

noun

1. 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)

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Example Sentences

“First Love” at the Odyssey Theater in 2003 and the 2000 production of Athol Fugard’s “Road to Mecca” at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood were also twofer shows.

From Los Angeles Times

The genesis of the play, as Fugard told the Paris Review, “had absolutely nothing to do with the racial situation in South Africa.”

From Los Angeles Times

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times