Man pleads guilty to 2023 Athol rape, assault case
On Wednesday, 22-year-old Anthony Rodriguez of Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to statutory rape, assault, and assault and battery ...
Man sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to rape
A man will serve four to four-and-a-half years in state prison after he was charged in connection with a 2023 rape, officials ...
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Puerto Rican man sentenced for 2023 child rape case in Athol
The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office states that 22-year-old Anthony Rodriguez pleaded guilty to charges of statutory rape of a child, assault and battery, and indecent assault and battery on a ...
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought his life as a playwright was over, he told NPR in 2015. "I sincerely believe that I was going ...
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Remembering Athol Fugard, Whose Plays Exposed Apartheid’s Cruelty
The South African playwright and actor Athol Fugard, who died on March 8 at age 92, is the extraordinarily rare artist for whom one could make such lofty assertions. Mr. Fugard wrote more than 30 ...
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Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Spoke to Worldwide Audiences, Dies at 92
Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including ” ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys,” ”The Road to Mecca,” “Boesman and Lena,” ”A Lesson From Aloes,” died on Saturday.
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Athol Fugard, 92, Playwright Who Exposed Torments of Apartheid, Dies
By Bruce Weber Bruce Weber is a former theater critic and obituary writer for The Times. Athol Fugard, the South African playwright whose portrayals of intimate relationships burdened by ...
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Athol Fugard’s Plays Illustrated the Value of Every Human Life
It was Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost playwright and the great chronicler of his country’s apartheid past. There he was, sipping a cup of coffee like any ordinary person. I plucked up ...
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Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard proved the pen could be mightier than the sword
While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation. Born in Middelburg, South Africa ...
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Athol Fugard, South Africa’s Giant Playwright, Dies at 92
South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape of our nation.” By The Associated Press Athol Fugard, South Africa ...