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- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2025-03-08
- Works
- 99
Top works
- The occupation
- The Road to Mecca
- Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
- בדרך למכה
- Valley song
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Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.
Known for
- The Space: Theatre of Survival — as Self(rumored)2019
- Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard — Self2012
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self (archive footage)1994
- The Road to Mecca — Rev. Marius Byleveld1991
- The Killing Fields — Dr. Sundesval1984
- Gandhi — General Jan Christiaan Smuts1982
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1932 births2025 deaths20th-century South African dramatists and playwrights20th-century South African male actors21st-century South African male actors21st-century South African writersAfrikaner peopleFellows of the Royal Society of LiteraturePeople from Middelburg, Eastern CapeRecipients of the Order of IkhamangaSouth African anti-apartheid activists