Fugard

[fyoo-gahrd, foo-]

noun

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

Fugard

/ 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)

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

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as ‘The Blood Knot’ and “‘Master Harold” … and the Boys.’

From Los Angeles Times

Paying tribute to Fugard, South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie hailed him as "a fearless storyteller who laid bare the harsh realities of apartheid through his plays".

From BBC

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

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