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

For Geffen co-stars Beatty and Hatendi, it has been a privilege to work alongside two people who knew Fugard so intimately and understood apartheid South Africa so thoroughly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Fugard told him, “I can help you tell stories. I don’t know how to make a bomb.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 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

An early masterpiece, “Blood Knot” established a paradigm for Fugard, whose plays are distinguished by their small casts, static locations and tinderbox emotions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

Fugard, who was on the front lines of this activity, later acknowledged that, in the South African case, the pen was indeed mightier than the sword.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025