Fugard

American  

[fyoo-gahrd, foo-] / ˈfju 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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Fugard

Fugard lets his scholastic streak drive a good deal of the conversation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Athol Fugard, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins are among the dramatists who put their unmistakable imprints on the Fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Born in Middelburg, South Africa, in 1932 to an immigrant English father of Irish descent and a mother from an Afrikaner family, Fugard lived through the rise and fall of apartheid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Fugard, who died Saturday at age 92, was part of a resistance movement in South Africa that found its voice in the theater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025