Mordecai Gorelik

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Mordecai (Max) Gorelik (?? - 1990) was a theatrical designer who also wrote, produced and directed plays. He was a 1920 graduate of the Pratt Institute, and worked principally as a scene designer. However, he also designed costumes, directed lighting and taught theater. He was a research professor in theater at Southern Illinois University from 1960 to 1972 and also taught at San Jose State College. He is also the author of 1988's "Toward a Larger Theater," a book of seven of his plays.

Mr. Gorelik created scenic designs for Men in White, Golden Boy, Tortilla Flat, Casey Jones, All My Sons, Desire Under the Elms, The Flowering Peach, A Hatful of Rain, The Plough and the Stars, and Volpone.

Mr. Gorelik was also the translator and adapter of 1963's The Firebugs, by Swiss playwright Max Frisch.

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