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Some problems of a playwright from South Africa - Athol Fugard Issue - Transcript
Twentieth Century Literature, Winter, 1993
In what country do you feel your plays have been most favorably received?
I've no hesitation in answering that question. I must exclude South Africa because I write my plays for myself in the briefest instance, then for fellow South Africans, and that is such an incestuous relationship that I can't talk about it. Without any question, I would say America. It is not only that you have had, and are still dealing with, a race problem in your own society. I think, over and above that, the textures and qualities of America are very akin to South Africa. If I ever had to think about, and were able to tolerate, the thought of exile, it would most probably be in America that I'd live, because I could feel at home here. Americans have made a connection with my plays, for which I am profoundly indebted, and for which I thank you all very much.
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