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Victor Rodger (born 1969) is a New Zealand journalist, actor and award-winning playwright〔() La Mama Theatre, New York. Retrieved 7 November 2009〕 of Samoan and Pākehā heritage. He has a recurring role as Dr. Henry Mapasua on Shortland Street. Rodger's father is from the village of Iva from Savai'i island in Samoa.〔() Playmarket New Zealand. Retrieved 7 November 2009〕 Rodger's play ''Sons'' won acclaim at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (1998) and received the Best New Writer and Most Outstanding New New Zealand Play awards.〔() New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 November 2009〕 In 2001, he won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. Other plays include ''Ranterstantrum'' (2002) and ''My Name is Gary Cooper'' (2007), produced and staged by Auckland Theatre Company and starred a Samoan cast including Robbie Magasiva, Anapela Polataivao, Goretti Chadwick and Kiwi actress Jennifer Ward-Lealand.
Rodger was born in Christchurch. In 1995, Rodger entered Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School in Wellington and graduated two years later. In 1997, his play ''Cunning Stunts'' was performed at Bats Theatre in Wellington. He gained the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency (2006)〔() Fulbright New Zealand. Retrieved 7 November 2009〕 based at the University of Hawai'i.〔 During 2004-2005, he studied film writing at the Maurits Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam.〔 In 2009, he is the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence in Christchurch.〔() University of Canterbury. Retrieved 7 November 2009〕 His play ''Ranterstantrum'' (2002) was commissioned for the bi-ennial New Zealand International Festival of the Arts.〔 He is also a writer and a storyliner for TV soap ''Shortland Street''. His play ''Sons'' was published by Huia Publishers in 2008, and ''My Name Is Gary Cooper'' was published by Playmarket in 2012, in the anthology ''Urbanesia: Four Pasifika Plays''. His acting roles include ''Stickmen'' (2001), ''Mercy Peak'' and a recurring role on Shortland Street as Dr. Henry Mapasua. ==Published== *2008 ''Sons'': Huia Publishers, 128 pages. ISBN 1-86969-303-5, ISBN 978-1-86969-303-9 *2012 ''My Name Is Gary Cooper'', published in ''Urbanesia: Four Pasifika Plays'': Playmarket Play Series. ISBN 9780908607433 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Rodger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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