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Offline Iain Fisher

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"I sing for beloved Fountain actor Adolphus Ward"
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2021, 06:24:20 PM »
Adolphus Ward who played in Fugard's Coming Home and The Train Driver has passed away aged 88.  There is a moving tribute by Stephen Sachs, Artistic Director of the Fountain Theatre "In Fugard’s The Train Driver, he played a gravedigger overseeing a bleak South African burial site for the unknown and unwanted, who “puts the nameless ones in the grave.” I’ll never forget the moment in the play when Adolphus, as the gravedigger, sang a Xhosa lullaby to the souls in the ground who were “sleeping.” The song floated from Adolphus like smoke on the night air. Haunting, beautiful, quietly transcendent".

The link is on Intimate Excellent- the Fountain Theatre blog - click here.
https://intimateexcellent.com/2021/11/08/i-sing-for-beloved-fountain-actor-adolphus-ward/