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