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'

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.