Playwright Athol Fugard, known for his indictment of South African apartheid in plays such as Blood Knot, passed away March 8 after a cardiac event at the age of 92. Information on his public memorial has now been revealed by his family.
The memorial will be held March 21 in his home of Stellenbosch, South Africa at 3 PM South African time, or 9 AM ET. For those not in South Africa, the memorial can be livestreamed here.
Speakers scheduled to appear include John Kani, Mannie Manim, Paula Fourie, Lisa Fugard, and Susan Hilferty. There will be archival footage of Mr. Fugard as a stage actor and director, as well film clips of him as an actor, as well as a a selection of performed monologues from his plays.
Over his life, he wrote over 30 plays. As Mr. Fugard once told Playbill of why he has dedicated his career to documenting apartheid and its injustices, he responded: "In South Africa, a lot of people want to run away from anything that resembles reality, to just sit back and watch Noël Coward," said Mr. Fugard. "Theatre is one of the ways in which society deals with its pain, its conscience. Theatre and all the arts, however, played a major role in the fight against apartheid."
To read his full obituary, click here.