South African playwright Athol Fugard has been involved in all aspects of theater – as director, as actor, and most important as prlaywright. He used to insist on directing the first production of his new plays. But “starting in June this year, when I turned 70, I made a resolution to stop directing. And a few years ago I decided to stop acting. There’s so much I still want to write, so many stories to tell if I’m going to climb into my box at the end – or into my urn, I guess, since I’ll be ashes.”