Letters to the Editor: Dublin’s role in launching a play about apartheid

'Athol Fugard, without a doubt, exposed apartheid and contributed to its dismantling by his powerful writing'
Letters to the Editor: Dublin’s role in launching a play about apartheid

The play was touring the UK after an initial run in The Royal Court Theatre, London, before being performed in Dublin.

I was working in The Abbey Theatre as press and publicity manager from 1970 to 1974. 

In 1972, I was sent over to the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, by then-general manager of the Abbey Theatre, John Slemon, to attend a one-night performance of Sizwe Banzi Is Dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona. 

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