W. Gordon Smith

W. Gordon Smith (13 December 1928 – 13 August 1996) was a Scottish playwright. He was born in Edinburgh and lived most of his life there. He wrote many plays including the one man show, Jock, made famous by Russell Hunter. He also wrote the lyrics, Come By The Hills, set to the tune of the traditional Irish song, Buachaill o'n Éirne Mé. In addition he wrote books on the artist William George Gillies and on the author Robert Louis Stevenson and was instrumental in bringing the Scottish arts scene to BBC Scotland.

For other people named Gordon Smith, see Gordon Smith (disambiguation).

W Gordon Smith produced a varied and lively experimental line of one-person and small-cast plays beginning with Vincent (1970), about art of Van Gogh and very nature of art itself. Page 287 Source https://books.google.com.tr/books?redir_esc=y&hl=tr&id=0-aqBgAAQBAJ&q=gordon#v=snippet&q=gordon&f=false

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