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Flatiron Hot! Critic: Athol Fugard Play “Train Driver” Reveals Horrors of Apartheid
October 3, 2012 | Eric ShapiroIt should go without saying that South African playwright Athol Fugard’s works are not for the faint of heart or the apathetic. Typically set in apartheid South Africa, they confront the audience with the horrors of a well-documented historical moment, while simultaneously appealing to the full spectrum of universal human emotion.