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A play in Afrikaans. Blood Knot in New York. The Road to Mecca Broadway premiere. A new film of Master Harold coming on DVD. Fugard festival in Namibia. The Train Driver, Playland, The Island and My Children! My Africa! (two versions) in USA. Fugard in San Diego, USA. A new play Have You Seen Us. Coming Home, in the USA. Master Harold on film. Fugard in discussion on video. Please pass on details of any performances etc click here. Last update 22 Jan 2012.
Blood Knot in New York, USA
Signature Theatre Company present Blood Knot, directed by Fugard.
The actors are Colman Domingo (Zachariah) and Scott Shepherd (Morris).
The Road to Mecca Broadway premiere
Roundabout Theatre Company present the Broadway premiere of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca. The actors are Rosemary Harris, Jim Dale and Carla Gugino. The director is Gordon Edelstein. It is on at the American Airlines Theatre with previews on 16 Dec 2011 and the official run from 17 Jan - 4 Mar 2012. "In a desolate stretch of the Karoo Desert in South Africa, an elderly woman has turned her home into a higly personal work of art. The townspeople are threatened by her eccentricity and want to send her to an old age home, but a younger woman, a kindred spirit, wants to save the woman and her home." Click on the image for more details.
Blood Knot, The Train Driver and My Children! My Africa in New York
The Signature Center has Athol Fugard as its inaugural Residency One playwright. The Residency series will feature Blood Knot, My Children! My Africa! and the New York premiere of The Train Driver. Fugard will direct Blood Knot and The Train Driver, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson will direct My Children! My Africa!
Blood Knot is on 31 Jan- 11 Mar 2012 (see above)
Click on the image for more details. New play in Afrikaans
During a talk with students on 7 Nov 2011 at the Stellenbosch
University Fugard stated he was writing his first play in Afrikaans.
Click on the image for more details. Fugard in discussion with Jez Butterworth and Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Fugard in conversation with playwrights Jez Butterworth (Jerusalem) and Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin) at the Simpkins Lee Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK. Click on the image to watch the video.
Master Harold film coming on DVD
The new film of 'Master Harold' and the boys is directed by Lonny Price. Hally is played by Freddie Highmore and Sam by Ving Rhames, Willie by Patrick Mofokeng and Bully by Justin Stein. The film is now available for pre-order from Amazon USA here. It is available on DVD or Blue-ray. Thanks to Giacomo from the forum for the information.
My Children! My Africa! in New York, USA Juilliard's Drama Division presents My Children! My Africa!, directed by Jonathan Rosenberg. It is on from Feb 2012. More details when available.
The Island in Philadelphia, USA
Lantern Theatre Company present The Island from 17 May- 10 Jun 2012. The directed is Peter DeLaurier.
"The Island is Robben Island, South Africa's notorious prison, where
John and Winston are political prisoners and cellmates. After absurdly
grueling days laboring under the sun, they return to their dark cell to
rehearse a makeshift performance of Sophocles' play Antigone. Winston
takes the part of young Antigone, who defies the laws of the state for the
sake of her conscience. John takes the part of Creon, the king, who is so
desperate to hold onto power that he will crush any dissent. Rehearsals in
the cramped cell will test their friendship and strain their resilience in
this gripping, vivid portrait of apartheid-era struggle. Undeniably moving
and surprisingly funny, this modern classic by Tony Award-winners Athol
Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntoshona celebrates hope, passion, and the
strength of friendship." Click on the image for more details.
Fugard festival in Namibia Playland, Sizwe Bansi is Dead and Hello and Goodbye will all be performed as part of the annual festival of Committed Artists of Namibia.
Playland in St Louis, USA Playland will be performed at the Mustard Seed Theatre, St. Louis, MO from 2- 12 Feb 2012.
Have You Seen Us, new play
Frank Rizzo reports that Fugard is working
on a rewrite for his latest play, Have You Seen Us, "his first play set in
the USA in a coffee shop in a small shopping mall in Southern California.
A second reading is planned at the home of Sam Waterston, directed by
Gordon Edelstein, artistic director of Long Wharf theatre who staged the
premiere of Fugard's Coming Home at his New Haven theater in January".
The link is here
New book on Fugard
A new book on Fugard by Alan Shelley. More details soon.
Encyclopædia Britannica Web's Best Site
Encyclopædia Britannica has listed this site as the Web's best site on Athol Fugard. Thanks- click on the image for the encyclopædia.
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Blood Knot in North Carolina, USA There is a workshop presentation of The Blood Knot at the Cobb Rehearsal Studio of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on 17- 19 Nov 2011. It is directed by Robert Francesconi and features members of Studio 4. "This 1961 revolutionary breakthrough play established Athol Fugard as one of the world’s great living playwrights. Set in apartheid-era South Africa in the 1950s, it is about the soul-searing effects of racism on two half-brothers – one light skinned, the other dark."
Master Harold... and the Boys in San Francisco, USA
Off Broadway West Theatre Company presents 'Master Harold'... and the boys. It is at the Phoenix Theatre from 15 Oct- 19 Nov 2011. The director is Richard Harder and the actors are LaMont Ridgell, Anthony Rollins-Mullen and Adam Simpson.
"Although the action all takes place in real time, Fugard will often
depict entire scenes as remembrances of places and events that are so
vivid that they take flight in one’s own imagination (aided by nice
lighting changes by Sam Saunders). Never before have recitative passages
of a dance competition or the flying of a kite been so eloquent or
metaphorically significant! Of course, the lines are only as good as
those who deliver them, and one can’t imagine a more inspired casting
choice than LaMont Ridgell as Sam. His wonderfully expressive facial
gestures, body movement and speaking voice exude such passion for life
that he’s a joy to behold. He successfully evinces the dignity and wisdom
required of the role, and conveys a convincing paternal affection for both
Hally and Willie." (by Gregory M. Alonzo in
StarkInsider on 16 Nov 2011). Click on the image for more details.
Master Harold in San Diego, USA
Community Actors Theatre in San Diego present Master Harold from 8- 30 Oct 2011.
"The heart wrenching story of a young White student who is caught up in
emotional turmoil, makes perhaps, the inescapable move from innocence and
childhood to poisonous bigotry."
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