Biography

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 Killing Fields

Dr. Sundesval

Gandhi

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Self

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Professor Skridlov

The Road to Mecca

Rev. Marius Byleveld

The Public's Right to Know

Self

The Space: Theatre of Survival

as Self(rumored)

Marigolds in August

Paulus Olifant