The Shadow of the Hummingbird
Will be published approx. on 8. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
58 pages
978-1-55936-482-9 (ISBN)
Description
- "The greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" ?- TIME
- March 26 - April 27, 2014: World Premiere at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT, starring the playwright.
- Born in South Africa, Fugard is best known for his political plays opposing the apartheid, especially Master Harold...and the Boys.
- The Fugard Theatre, in the District Six area of Cape Town, South Africa, opened in 2010.
- Author of Tsotsi, which was adapted into 2006 Oscar-winning film.
- Fugard's awards include: Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, 2 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Evening Standard Award
- Honorary degrees: Yale University, Wittenberg University, University of Witwatersrand, Brown University, Princeton University, University of Stellenbosch
- Upcoming productions of Fugard's work:
- My Children! My Africa!: Mar 19 - Apr 6, 2014, St. Louis Black Repertory Company in St. Louis, MO
- The Train Driver: Apr 10 - May 4, 2014: Lantern Theater Company in Philadelphia, PA
- March 26 - April 27, 2014: World Premiere at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT, starring the playwright.
- Born in South Africa, Fugard is best known for his political plays opposing the apartheid, especially Master Harold...and the Boys.
- The Fugard Theatre, in the District Six area of Cape Town, South Africa, opened in 2010.
- Author of Tsotsi, which was adapted into 2006 Oscar-winning film.
- Fugard's awards include: Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, 2 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Evening Standard Award
- Honorary degrees: Yale University, Wittenberg University, University of Witwatersrand, Brown University, Princeton University, University of Stellenbosch
- Upcoming productions of Fugard's work:
- My Children! My Africa!: Mar 19 - Apr 6, 2014, St. Louis Black Repertory Company in St. Louis, MO
- The Train Driver: Apr 10 - May 4, 2014: Lantern Theater Company in Philadelphia, PA
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
77 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55936-482-9 (9781559364829)
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Athol Fugard
The Shadow of the Hummingbird
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Athol Fugard was born on June 11, 1932, in Middelburg, Great Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa. He has written close to fifty plays, as well as four books and several screenplays. His plays include Blood Knot (1961); Boseman and Lena (1969); "Master Harold"...and the boys (1982); The Road to Mecca (1984) and My Children! My Africa! (1989). Many of his works were turned into films: Tsotsi, based on his 1980 novel, won the 2005 Academy Award for best foreign language film. His work spans the period of apartheid in South Africa (imposed in 1948), through the first democratic elections (April 27, 1994), when Nelson Mandela became president, and into the aftermath of the present day. South Africa's best-known playwright, and one of the most performed playwrights in the world, at eighty, Fugard continues to direct and to write plays.