Winston Ntshona

South African playwright and actor (1941–2018)

Winston Ntshona (6 October 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a South African playwright and actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1975. He was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Ntshona wrote the 1973 play The Island. He also wrote Sizwe Banzi is Dead, which he also co-wrote.[1] Ntshona starred in the play Full Frontal at the Royal Court Theatre in London.[2]

Ntshona died on 2 August 2018 from a long-illness in New Brighton, South Africa, aged 76.[3]

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  1. James M. Manheim, "Winston Ntshona Biography", biography.jrank.org.
  2. Three Plays by Michael Hastings. London, Penguin, 1980.
  3. Theatre doyen Winston Ntshona dies

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