QUEEN'S COUNSEL MR JOHN CLIFFORD MORTIMER, 55, WITH HIS 32-YEAR OLD WIFE PENNY. THE BESPECTACLED BARRISTER DEFENDED MR JOSHUA BENJAMIN JEYARETNAM IN PRIME MINISTER MR LEE KUAN YEW'S DEFAMATION SUIT. MR MORTIMER IS A PLAYWRIGHT AT HEART. HE WORTE MANY PLAYS, FILM SCRIPTS AND NOVELS. ONE OF HIS EARLIEST SHORT PLAYS, THE DOCK BRIEF, ABOUT A BROKEN-DOWN BARRISTER, WON THE ITALIA PRIZE IN 1958.
28/11/1978
PCD0501 - 0103
SPH/2005/035500/2/25A
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