The No Hopers
| The No Hopers | |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Written by | Peter Batey |
| Genre | comedy |
| Premiere | |
| Date | June 1961[1] |
| Place | Perth |
The No Hopers is a 1961 Australian play by Peter Batey. It was given support from the Elizabethan Theatre Trust at a time when that was rare for Australian plays. The play toured around Australia.[2][3][4]
Premise
[edit]A woman, Maggie, runs an outback pub with her no hoper husband. She has a romance with commercial traveller Joe.
Initial production
[edit]The play premiered at The Playhouse Theatre in Perth on 7 June 1961 and later toured regional Western Australia with Union Theatre Repertory Company (now the Melbourne Theatre Company) and was presented in Melbourne in 1962.[5][6]
Cast
[edit]- Joan MacArthur as Maggie O'Shaughnassy
- Bert Vickers as Mike O'Shaughnassy
- John Lenton as Joe Cook
- Margaret Ford as Edna Allnut
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Alma Hyland
- Brian Hannan as Archie Allnut
References
[edit]- ↑ "Scottish accent". The Age. 1 December 1962. p. 8.
- ↑ "The No Hopers". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 29, no. 14. Australia, Australia. 6 September 1961. p. 6. Retrieved 18 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Nowroozi, Isaac; Burnside, Niki (15 June 2019). "Bald Archy Prize founder Peter Batey dies aged 85". ABC.
- ↑ "news of the day". The Age. 1 December 1962. p. 2.
- ↑ "The No-Hopers". AusStage. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ↑ "The No-Hopers". AusStage. Retrieved 2025-01-10.