Blood Knot

This article is about the play by Athol Fugard. For the rope knot, see Blood knot. For the film, see Blood Knot (film).
Blood Knot
Written byAthol Fugard
CharactersMorris
Zachariah
Date premiered1961; Broadway revival
1986 (John Golden Theatre)
Place premieredSouth Africa

Blood Knot is an early play by South African playwright, actor, and director Athol Fugard. Its single-performance premier was in 1961 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the playwright and Zakes Mokae playing the brothers Morris and Zachariah.[1]

Lucille Lortel produced The Blood Knot, starring J.D. Cannon as Morris and James Earl Jones as Zachariah, at the Cricket Theatre, Off Broadway, in New York City, in 1964, "launch[ing]" Fugard's "American career."[2] It was the first South African play performed with an interracial cast.

Its Broadway premiere was at the John Golden Theatre, in 1986, with Fugard and Mokae playing the brothers as they had in the play's premiere.[1]

The play was most recently performed in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2010 as part of Mandela Day celebrations, with Michael Brando playing the lead role of Morris.

  1. ^ a b Mel Gussow, "Stage: 'The Blood Knot' by Fugard", The New York Times 24 Sept. 1985.
  2. ^ "Athol Fugard: Biography". The Internet Off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2008-10-02.