| Plays | Films, books, history etc | ||
| Fugard others | others Fugard | ||
 1892 Lady Wyndemere´s Fan by Oscar Wilde |
1890 |
1896 The Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson, novel 1898 Bertolt Brecht born, Germany  1893 Gandhi arrives in South Africa 1897 Helen Martins (Mecca) born  1899-1902 Anglo Boer war. Concentration camps introduced by the British. |
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| 1904 Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie | 1900 |
1903 novelist Alan Paton born 1903 playwright Herbert Dhlomo born 1903 The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois 1906 Clifford Odets born 1901 Hendrik Verwoerd born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands  1902 Anglo Boer war ends |
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| 1910 |
Cape, Natal, Orange Free State
and Transvaal form union |
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| 1911 | Tennessee Williams born | ||
| 1912 | Eugene Ionesco born, Romania | ||
| 1913 |
Albert Camus born, Algeria Land Act restricts land ownership for blacks |
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 Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw |
1914 | First World War | |
| 1915 | Gandhi leaves South Africa to return to India | ||
| 1916 | P.W. Botha born | ||
| 1917 | John F. Kennedy born USA | ||
| 1918 |
Nelson Mandela born First World War ends |
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| 1919 |
 General Jan Smuts becomes prime minister (to 1924) |
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| 1920 | |||
 Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello |
1921 | Einstein receive Nobel Prize for physics | |
| 1922 |
 Ulysses by James Joyce, novel |
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| 1923 | |||
| Juno and the Paycock by Sean O´Casey | 1924 | James Hertzog becomes prime minister (to 1939) | |
| 1925 |
Frantz Fanon born Afrikaans (a form of Dutch spoken by descendents of white settlers) and English proclaimed official languages |
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| 1926 | |||
| 1927 | |||
 The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht |
1928 | ||
| 1929 | The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, novel | ||
| Private Lives by Noël Coward | 1930 | ||
| 1931 | |||
| 1932 | Fugard born Middelburg | ||
| 1933 | Barnie Simon born | ||
| 1934 | Wole Soyinka born, Nigeria | ||
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S.
Eliot Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets |
1935 | Zakes Mokae born Fugard moves to Port Elizabeth |
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| The Girl who Killed to Save by Herbert Dhlomo | 1936 |
 Eugene Marais dies Luigi Pirandello dies F.W. de Klerk born |
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| 1937 | |||
| Out Town by Thornton Wilder | 1938 | Brighton Rock by Graham Greene,
novel Burgers van die Berge/My Friends the Baboons by Eugene Marais Fugard attends the Catholic Marist Brothers College (he isn´t a Catholic) |
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 A Long Day's Journey into the Night by Eugene O'Neill |
1939 |
Breyten Breytenbach born Sigmund Freud dies Jan Smuts becomes prime minister (to 1948) |
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| The Rude Criminal by Gaur Radebe | 1940 | ||
| 1941 | Mannie Manim born | ||
| 1942 |
 The Stranger by Albert Camus, novel Nelson Mandela joins ANC |
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| The Pass by Herbert Dhlomo | 1943 | ||
| 1944 | |||
| 1945 | Second World War in Europe over | ||
| 1946 | Second World War in Asia over Stephen Biko born Fugard attends Port Elizabeth Technical College studying motor mechanics |
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| A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams | 1947 | ||
| 1948 |
 Alan Paton´s Cry the Beloved Country published  D.F. Malan becomes prime minister (to 1954) Apartheid laws Mahatma Gandhi dies India |
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| Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller | 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, novel | |
| 1950 |
South Africans categorised as
white, black or coloured Jan Smuts dies |
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| 1951 |
Fugard attends University of Cape
Town studying philosophy and social anthropology. While here Fugard becomes university boxing champion. |
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| The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie | 1952 |
 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, novel Black Skin White Masks by Frantz Fanon |
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| Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett | 1953 | Eugene O'Neill dies Fugard abandons university and hitchhikes across Africa and then on the SS Graigaur from Port Sudan to Ceylon, Singapore, Japan, Fiji |
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 Deathwatch by Jean Genet |
1954 | G. Strijdom becomes prime minister (to 1958) | |
| 1955 |
 Mille Miglia grand prix race with Stirling Moss Fugard founds Circle Players in Cape Town |
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| The Cell Klaas and the Devil Long Day's Journey into the Night by Eugene O'Neill Look Back in Anger by John Osborne A Hatful of Rain by Michael Gazzo |
1956 | Bertolt Brecht dies Germany Herbert Dhlomo dies Fugard marries novelist Sheila Meiring |
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| 1957 | |||
| No-Good Friday Kimberley Train by Lewis Sowden |
1958 |
 Hendrik Verwoerd becomes prime minister (to 1966) Fugard moves to Johannesburg Fugard becomes a clerk in the Fordsburg Native Commissioner´s Court (lasts six months) Becomes stage manager with the National Theatre Organisation |
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| Nongogo Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco Roots by Arnold Wesker Try for White by Basil Warner King Kong by Matschikiza, Bloom |
1959 | Tsotsi novel (published 1980) Bantu act Fugard moves to London |
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| The Caretaker by Harold Pinter | 1960 | Notebooks (to 1977) Albert Camus dies, Algeria Sharpeville Massacre  John F. Kennedy elected President USA Fugard returns to South Africa |
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| The Blood Knot | 1961 | Frantz Fanon dies Fugard´s daughter Lisa born Fugard´s father dies Fugard working in The Rehearsal Room Julius Nyrere leads Tanganyika to independence Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space South Africa becomes a republic |
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| 1962 | Zakes Mokae stars in
anti-apartheid film A World of Strangers, filmed illegally Fugard encourages British playwrights to boycott segregated audiences Nelson Mandela imprisoned on Robben Island |
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| A Dance in the Forest by Wole Soyinka | 1963 |
 Clifford Odets dies Fugard works with Serpent Players in Port Elizabeth John F. Kennedy assassinated USA |
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| 1964 | The Occupation, film Frederik John Harris plants a bomb in Johannesburg station (the basis for Fugard's Orestes) |
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| Hello and Goodbye Loot by Joe Orton Kanna Hy Ko Hystoe by Adam Small |
1965 |
 First part of novel sequence Sea of Fertility Yukio Mishima Ian Smith declares white-ruled Rhodesia independent |
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| The Coat Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard |
1966 |
Stephen Biko attends university Hendrik Verwoerd murdered |
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| 1967 | The Blood Knot, film B.J. Vorster becomes prime minister (to 1978) Fugard´s passport withdrawn |
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| People are Living There | 1968 | Mille Miglia, film | |
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The Last Bus Boesman & Lena |
1969 |
The Soul of the Ape by Eugene
Marais Woodstock festival Neil Armstrong first man on moon |
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| Friday´s Bread on Monday | 1970 | ||
| Orestes | 1971 | Fugard´s passport returned | |
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Statements after and arrest under
the immorality act Sizwe Bansi is Dead |
1972 | The Castaways by Sheila Fugard,
novel The Castaways, radio Fugard works with Space Theatre in Cape Town |
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| The Island Equus by Peter Shaffer |
1973 | ||
| 1974 | Boesman and Lena, film | ||
| Dimetos East by Steven Berkoff |
1975 |
 Breyten Breytenbach imprisoned Threshold by Sheila Fugard, poetry Pol Pot regime and the killing Fields in Cambodia |
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| 1976 |
Rite of Passage by Sheila Fugard,
novel Soweto riots  Helen Martins (Mecca) dies John Kani and Winston Ntshona arrested, then released Market Theatre founded by Barney Simon and Mannie Manim |
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| 1977 | The Guest, film Hello and Goodbye, film  Stephen Biko dies |
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| A Lesson from Aloes | 1978 | Sizwe Bansi is Dead, film P.W. Botha becomes prime minister (to 1989) |
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| 1979 | A Lesson from Aloes, film Meetings with Remarkable Men, film A Dry White Season by Andre Brink, novel Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister, Great Britain |
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| The Drummer | 1980 | Marigolds in August, film Tsotsi, novel, published Robert Mugabe wins first free elections in Rhodesia, renamed Zimbabwe Fugard´s mother Elizabeth dies |
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| 1981 | Sizwe Bansi is Dead, film | ||
| Master Harold...and the Boys Top Girls by Caryl Churchill A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro |
1982 |
Gandhi, film Fugard´s People, film |
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| 1983 | Notebooks published novelist J.M. Coetzee wins Booker Prize Tennessee Williams dies |
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| The Road to Mecca | 1984 | The Killing Fields, film P.W. Botha becomes president (to 1989) |
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Fences by August Wilson Born in the RSA by Barney Simon |
1985 | Master Harold...and the Boys, film Truths the Hands can Touch, biography A Revolutionary Woman Sheila Fugard, novel Live Aid concert |
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| 1986 |
 Wole Soyinka awarded Nobel Prize |
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Blood Knot A Place with the Pigs |
1987 | ||
| The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie | 1988 | One Life to Live, film Novelist Alan Paton dies The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, novel |
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| My Children! My Africa! | 1989 |
 F.W. de Klerk becomes president (to 1994) |
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| 1990 |
Namibia gains independence Nelson Mandela released from prison |
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| 1991 |
 novelist Nadime Gordimer awarded Nobel Prize for literature |
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| Playland | 1992 | The Road to Mecca, film | |
| 1993 | In Darkest Hollywood, film Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
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| My Life | 1994 | Cousins, a Memoir Eugene Ionesco dies  Nelson Mandela elected president (to 1999) |
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 Blasted by Sarah Kane Valley Song Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda |
1995 | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 | The Art of Influence, film Princess Diana dies |
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| The Captain's Tiger | 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Athol Fugard and Barney Simon,
biography Thabo Mbeki elected president |
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| 2000 | Boesman and Lena, film | ||
| Sorrows and Rejoicings | 2001 | 911 terrorist attack | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| Exits and Entrances | 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Arthur Miller dies Karoo and other stories Tsotsi the film |
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| Booitjie and the Oubaas | 2006 | ||
| Victory | 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Harold Pinter dies | ||
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Coming Home Have You Seen Us |
2009 | Zakes Mokae passes away | |
| The Train Driver | 2010 | The Fugard Theatre opens | |
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2013 | Doris Lessing dies | ||
| The Shadow of the Hummingbird | 2014 | Nadine Gordimer dies | |
| 2015 | Gunter Grass dies | ||
| The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek | 2016 | Fugard and Sheila Meiring Fugard divorce | |
| 2017 | Fugard marries Paula Fourie | ||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | Covid epidemic starts | ||
| 2020 | The Fugard Theatre closes | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Concerning the Life of Babyboy Kleintjies | 2022 | ||
| 2023 | |||
| 2024 | |||
| 2025 | Fugard passes away |