Athol Fugard is een Zuid-Afrikaanse toneelschrijver, bekend om zijn diep aangrijpende toneelstukken die thema's als onrechtvaardigheid en onderdrukking behandelen. Diepgaand gevormd door zijn ervaringen onder de apartheid, wordt zijn werk gekenmerkt door rauw realisme en emotionele intensiteit. Fugards kenmerkende stijl biedt indringende inzichten in de menselijke psyche en een compromisloos onderzoek naar morele complexiteiten. Hij werkte vaak nauw samen met acteurs, om ervoor te zorgen dat zijn drama's resoneerden met de authentieke stemmen en geleefde realiteiten van de gemarginaliseerden.
'elegant reissue' -Plays International, Summer 2000'They are the wonderfully moving and amusing 'Sizwe Bansi is Dead',... 'The Coat' (previously unavailable), the urgently profound 'The Island'... Anyone interested in freedom or drama should buy this book.' Day by Day
Drama / 3m (1 white, 2 black) / Int. The role that won Zakes Mokae a Tony Award brought Danny Glover back to the New York stage for the Roundabout Theatre's revival of this searing coming of age story, considered by many to be Fugard's masterpiece. A white teen who has grown up in the affectionate company of the two black waiters who work in his mother's tea room in Port Elizabeth learns that his viciously racist alcoholic father is on his way home from the hospital. An ensuing rage unwitting
The four plays in this volume focus on the people and the place Fugard knows most intimately - Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Each explores a tense family situation or relationship against the background of wider suffering and tensions, engaging our sympathies for South Africans of all races. schovat popis
Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box contains a baby, and his life is inexorably changed. He begins to remember his childhood, to rediscover himself and his capacity for love. Turned into an Oscar-winning movie in 2006, Tsotsi's raw power and rare humanity show how decency and compassion can survive against the odds.
Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Theaterstücke.