Athol Fugard
Aging farm laborer Nukain has spent his life transforming the rocks at Revolver Creek into a vibrant garden of painted flowers. Now, the final unpainted rock, as well as his young companion Bokkie, has forced Nukain to confront his legacy as a painter, a person and a black man in 1980s South Africa. When the landowner’s wife arrives with demands about the painting, the profound rifts of a country hurtling toward the end of apartheid are laid bare.
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Athol Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) started working in the theatre as a playwright, director and actor in the late 1950s in apartheid-era South Africa. He is the author of over 30 plays that have been staged in South Africa, USA (regionally and on Broadway) and acros ...