Introduced by Melvyn Bragg Athol Fugard
From Port Elizabeth on the Eastern Cape comes South Africa's finest playwright, ATHOL FUGARD-writer, actor and director of extraordinary talent and dedication.
On his visit to London last year, Athol Fugard was interviewed by MELVYN BRAGG : and tonight's programme brings together extracts from his plays to give a portrait of this formidable man of the theatre. Hello and Goodbye with Janet Suzman and Ben Kingsley (Directed for the theatre by Peter Stevenson )
Boesman and Lena with Yvonne Bryceland and Athol Fugard
(Directed for the cinema by Ross Devenish )
Siswe Bansi is Dead and The Island with John Kani and Winston Ntshoni
Producer TRISTRAM POWELL
Assistant editor TONY STAVEACRE Editor BILL MORTON