Marcus (play)

Marcus
Written byAlan Hopgood
Directed byGeorge Ogilvie
Date premieredApril 14, 1959 (1959-04-14)
Place premieredMelbourne
Original languageEnglish
SettingA Spanish village

Marcus is a 1959 Australian stage play by Alan Hopgood. Hopgood was better known as an actor but the play helped launch his writing career.[1]

Hopgood later called it "a very wanky play... a poetic allegory with seventy characters in it."[2]

The Age praised Hopgood's "promising way with words" and declared "this play because of its vigor and color and because it is always intelligent to listen to is well worth the patronage."[3]

Premise

Marcus, an ordinary person, impacts a Spanish village. He falls in love with Serina.

References

  1. ^ "Women in the theatre". The Age. 4 April 1959. p. 7.
  2. ^ Interview with Susan Lever, 2008, National Film and Sound Archive NFSA ID772907
  3. ^ "Local playwright has the makings". The Age. 15 April 1959. p. 14.
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