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| Name: |
Athol Fugard | | Birth Date: |
June 11, 1932 | | Place of Birth: |
Middelburgh, Karroo, South Africa | | Nationality: |
South African | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, writer, novelist |
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 Biography of Athol Fugard
1,284 words, approx. 4 pages
 Athol Fugard (born 1932) is a South African playwright known for his subtle, poignant descriptions of the racial problems in his country. Athol Fugard was born on June 11, 1932, in Middelburgh, a small village in the Karroo district in South Africa, of... summary from source:
 Biography of (Harold) Athol Fugard
11,816 words, approx. 39 pages
 Athol Fugard is the most important South African playwright and the first to have an international reputation. His plays command audiences the world over, despite their local origins and idiom. He has been hailed by William A. Henry in Time magazine...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Athol Fugard Information
1,579 words, approx. 5 pages
Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. June 11 1932, Middelburg, South Africa), better known as Athol Fugard, is a South African playwright. His wife, Sheila Fugard, and their daughter, Lisa Fugard, are also...
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 Twentieth Century Literature Realizing Fugard. (Athol Fugard Issue)
12/22/1993: 2,632 words, approx. 9 pages Athol Fugard's approach to theater and theater design is characterized by encouragement of fellow artists, tactful communication, debate and charm while stripping unessential elements until what is left is simple but meaningful. Fugard allows actors and stage designers to create a complete picture of... summary from source:
Twentieth Century Literature Fugard masters the code. (Athol Fugard Issue)
12/22/1993: 6,520 words, approx. 22 pages All except three of Athol Fugard's plays are set in South Africa, yet all his plays have a universal appeal in the emotional truths they portray. Fugard bases his work on people, incidents and images that he knew and experienced, not just read. His...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Athol Fugard
1,589 words, approx. 5 pages
[It was during a period in Europe in 1960 that] I began to keep a notebook. It became a daily ritual to record anything that happened to me which seemed of significance—sensual fragments, incidents, quotations, speculations. Writing now, I find in them the content of all that I can possibly say about my work. (p. viii) I began working seriously on Hello and Goodbye towards the end of 1963. My notebooks have [an] extensive record of both the genesis of this play and my problems in writing it.
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Critical Essay by Tamar Jacoby
1,361 words, approx. 5 pages
Very little happens on stage in A Lesson From Aloes…. The deep mistrust between the three characters is not created by the action of the play or in any way resolved at its end: much more terrifying, their bitterness and suspicion are simply revealed and then thinly covered over as the work draws to a close….
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Critical Essay by Frank Rich
734 words, approx. 2 pages
There may be two or three living playwrights in the world who can write as well as Athol Fugard, but I'm not sure that any of them has written a recent play that can match "'Master Harold' … and the Boys." Mr. Fugard's drama—lyrical in design, shattering in impact—is likely to be an enduring part of the theater long after most of this Broadway season has turned to dust. "Master Harold" … may even outlast the society that spa...
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