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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
He wrote the plays ''[[Brothers]]'' (1981) and ''[[Comrades]]'' (1985), ''[[Pollard's Trial]]'' (19**), ''[[Harry and Ed: The Drama Behind the Birth of Israel]]'' (or ''[[Harry and Ed]]'', 2009)
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He wrote the plays ''[[Brothers]]'' (1981) and ''[[Comrades]]'' (1985), ''[[Pollard's Trial]]'' or "The Pollard Trial" - מרכז מורשת בגין in Jewish (20**), ''[[Harry and Ed: The Drama Behind the Birth of Israel]]'' (or ''[[Harry and Ed]]'', 2009)
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 21:17, 19 May 2016

Victor Gordon (1941-) is a pharmacist and playwright.

Biography

Born in the Transvaal. Studied at Potchefstroom University and became a pharmacist, later a director of Medsurg Distributors (Pty) Ltd in Pretoria. He is a member of the South African Zionist Federation Media Team.

Writing is one of his hobbies, along with vintage MG sports cars, music (he is a jazz musician on clarinet and saxophone) and art (he paints in watercolour and pastel).


Training

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He wrote the plays Brothers (1981) and Comrades (1985), Pollard's Trial or "The Pollard Trial" - מרכז מורשת בגין in Jewish (20**), Harry and Ed: The Drama Behind the Birth of Israel (or Harry and Ed, 2009)

Awards, etc

Winner of the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 1981 for Brothers and a joint winner of the SACPAC 1985 for Comrades.

Sources

Brothers theatre programme, 1988.

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