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Winston Ntshona (born 6 October 1941) is a South African playwright and actor. ==Career== Born in Port Elizabeth, Ntshona worked alongside fellow South African Athol Fugard on several occasions and played a minor role in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed film ''Gandhi'' and a major role in the film ''A Dry White Season''. In 1979 he appeared in Michael Hastings' monologue ''Full Frontal'' at the Royal Court Theatre in London.〔''Three Plays'' by Michael Hastings. London, Penguin, 1980. ISBN 0140481583〕 Ntshona played deposed President Julius Limbani, the subject of a rescue attempt in ''The Wild Geese'' (1978). Limbani is based on Moise Tshombe. He also played a similar role in ''The Dogs of War'' (1980) as Dr. Okoye, a moderate political figure thrown in jail by the dictator President Kimba of the fictional Republic of Zangaro. With Fugard and John Kani, Ntshona wrote the 1973 play ''The Island'', in which he and Kani starred in a number of major international productions over the next 30 years. He and Kani were co-winners of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their performance in both ''The Island'' and ''Sizwe Banzi is Dead'', which he also co-wrote.〔James M. Manheim, ("Winston Ntshona Biography" ), biography.jrank.org.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winston Ntshona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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