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- Bernard Kops was born on November 28, 1926 in Stepney, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Alexander the Greatest (1971), Live from Pebble Mill (1983) and Festival (1960). He was married to Erica Gordon. He died on February 25, 2024 in the UK.
- SpouseErica Gordon(1956 - February 25, 2024) (his death, 4 children)
- Author, playwright.
- His first play, The Hamlet of Stepney Green, was produced at the Oxford Playhouse in 1957. It is considered to be one of the keystones of the "New Wave" in British 'kitchen sink' drama.
- He was a British dramatist, memoirist, poet and novelist.
- Kops was evacuated from London in 1939, and recounted that experience in episode two of Thames Television's TV series, The World at War, first broadcast in 1973.
- In 1975, suffering from drug addiction, Kops made a suicide attempt; he wrote about the incident and his successful journey to sobriety in his second autobiography, Shalom Bomb: Scenes from My Life.
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