Difference between revisions of "Beryl Gordon"
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| − | + | She was a member of the short-lived [[Arena Theatre Company]], Johannesburg (1955-1956). | |
| − | She | + | She starred in Jean Anouilh’s ''[[Antigone]]'' (the [[Arena Theatre Company]], 1956), Shaw’s ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' ([[Alexander Theatre]], 1960), ''[[A Winter Vacation]]'' (1970), ''[[George's Room]]'' (1972), ''[[Sis!]]'' ([[Arena Theatre]], 1974), ''[[Deathtrap]]'' as “Myra” for [[Pieter Toerien]] (1978). |
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| + | On television, she appeared in ''[[The Villagers]]''. | ||
=[[Beryl Gordon]] (1921-2009). Writer.= | =[[Beryl Gordon]] (1921-2009). Writer.= | ||
Latest revision as of 18:42, 17 October 2026
Beryl Gordon refers to two individuals:
- the actress Beryl Gordon (?-)
- the writer/editor Beryl Gordon, wife of writer Harry Bloom
Contents
Beryl Gordon (?-). Actress.
Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She was a member of the short-lived Arena Theatre Company, Johannesburg (1955-1956).
She starred in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone (the Arena Theatre Company, 1956), Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra (Alexander Theatre, 1960), A Winter Vacation (1970), George's Room (1972), Sis! (Arena Theatre, 1974), Deathtrap as “Myra” for Pieter Toerien (1978).
On television, she appeared in The Villagers.
Beryl Gordon (1921-2009). Writer.
Biography
She was married in 1940 to Harry Bloom and they had three children together.
Writing under the pseudonyms Walter and Beryl Storm (to avoid anti-Semitism), they worked as war correspondents during the Second World War, and covered the Nuremberg trials after the war. The couple moved to Czechoslovakia and together they wrote the book We meet the Czechoslovaks, an account of their early years in Czechoslovakia, also under the Storm pseudonyms. Beryl later played an active role in editing, advising and typing the manuscripts for his subsequent books.
They divorced in 1963 when he left South Africa for England.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote the lyrics for the musical, Mr Paljas (1962).
Sources
SACD 1977/78; 1979/80.
Tucker, 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bloom
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