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Athol Fugard

Writer | Actor | Director

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Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award six times: in 1975, as Best Director (Dramatic), and, along with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, as authors of Best Play nominee "Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island;" in 1981 as author of Best Play nominee "A Lesson from Aloes;" in 1982 as Best Director (Play) and author of Best Play nominee "'Master Harold'... See more trivia »

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in Middleburg, Cape Province, South Africa
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2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys (based on his play)
 
2005 Tsotsi (novel)
 
2000 Boesman and Lena (play)
 
1991 The Road to Mecca (play)
 
1986 Øya (TV movie)
 
1985 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (TV movie)
 
1980 Marigolds in August
 
1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
– Hello and Goodbye (1979) (play)
 
1977 The Guest: An episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
 
1974-1975 2nd House (TV series)
– Word of Mouth (1975) (plays)
– Athol Fugard (1974) (plays)
 
1974 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
– Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (1974) (deviser)
 
1973 Boesman and Lena
 
1967-1968 Theatre 625 (TV series)
– Mille miglia (1968) (writer)
– The Blood Knot (1967) (writer)
 
1963 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Blood Knot (1963) (writer)
 
1962 Zacharias, mijn broeder (TV movie)
 
Show ShowActor (9 titles)
1991 The Road to Mecca
Rev. Marius Byleveld
 
1988 One Life to Live (TV series)
Cornelius Blackwell
 
1984 The Killing Fields
Dr. Sundesval
 
1982 Gandhi
General Smuts
 
1980 Marigolds in August
Paulus Olifant
 
1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men
Professor Skridlov
 
1977 The Guest: An episode in the Life of Eugène Marais
Eugène Marais
 
1973 Boesman and Lena
Boesman
 
1967 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Morris
– The Blood Knot (1967) … Morris
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2012 Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 1 March 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
1998 The Art of Influence (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Book Four (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #2.9 (1983) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #2.8 (1983) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1974 2nd House (TV series)
Himself
– Athol Fugard (1974) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (documentary)
Himself
 

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(1994) His play, "The Road to Mecca," was performed at the Shattered Globe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, with Ann Wakefield in the cast. See more »
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Trivia:

Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award six times: in 1975, as Best Director (Dramatic), and, along with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, as authors of Best Play nominee "Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island;" in 1981 as author of Best Play nominee "A Lesson from Aloes;" in 1982 as Best Director (Play) and author of Best Play nominee "'Master Harold'... See more »

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