Barney Simon
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About
Playwright who co-founded South Africa's first multiracial cultural center, Market Theater, and was editor of the influential journal The Classic.
Before Fame
He supported himself as an advertising copywriter while producing and directing plays in the '50s.
Trivia
He was under the constant threat of arrest for working under the apartheid laws in South Africa.
Family Life
His parents were Lithuanian Jewish immigrants.
Associated With
He grew up in Johannesburg like film director Jonathan Liebesman.
