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One of the many playwrights whose
careers were given significant boosts
by Lucille Lortel was the South African
Athol Fugard. In 1964, she produced
Blood Knot at the Cricket Theatre in
New York. With that production,
Fugard’s American career was launched.
Fugard’s plays include The Captain’s
Tiger, Valley Song, Playland, My
Children! My Africa!, A Place with the
Pigs, The Road to Mecca, "Master
Harold"… and the boys, A Lesson from
Aloes, The Drummer, Sizwe Banzi Is
Dead, The Island, Orestes, Statements
After an Arrest Under The Immortality
Act, Dimentos, The Coat, Bosesman and
Lena, Hello and Goodbye, People Are
Living There, Nongogo, and No-Good
Friday. Fugard has received many honors
both here and abroad, for his plays and
direction. Among his honors have been a
Tony Award, Drama Desk Awards, New York
Drama Critics Critics Circle Awards, an
Obie, a Helen Hayes Award, a Lucille
Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of
Work, and several honorary doctorates.
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