Fugard in fine form with tender new play

Fugard in fine form with tender new play

14 Sep 2012 00:48 - Pat Schwartz
The Blue Iris, a new work from the pen of 80-year-old Athol Fugard, is as delicate and finely detailed as the flower from which it takes its name.
Athol Fugard: A man of obstinacy and courage

Athol Fugard: A man of obstinacy and courage

04 Jun 2012 15:14 - Michael Billington
A new documentary charts the struggle of playwright Athol Fugard against the violence of apartheid.
'Political correctness takes away your balls'

'Political correctness takes away your balls'

13 May 2011 00:00 - Chris Thurman
World-renowned and mostly overseas-based, Athol Fugard finds that he inevitably writes for fellow South ­Africans, whose code he mastered long ago.
In the heart of District Six

In the heart of District Six

26 Feb 2010 13:39 -
District Six, in the east end of Cape Town, was once one of the most culturally mixed neighbourhoods in South Africa.
Confronting darkness

Confronting darkness

26 Feb 2010 13:17 -
Brent Meersman chats to the irrepressible playwright, Athol Fugard, ahead of the premiere of his latest play, The Train Driver.

Finding freedom in captivity

26 May 1995 00:00 -
IN The Island, two political prisoners on Robben Island perform a version of Antigone to their cellmates and their warders.

Taking plays to print

13 Aug 2008 06:00 - Staff Reporter
If plays stay on stage, never making their way on to the page, South Africans could lose an important aspect of their culture. But not if Robin Malan'

Uncovering relations between place and space

17 Aug 2007 16:08 - Shaun De Waal
Shaun de Waal on non-fiction that examines South African senses of space.