The Illusionists (play)

The Illusionists is a 1955 stage play by Morris West about an advertising agent who longs to paint. It was a verse drama.[1]

The Illusionists
Written byMorris West
Date premiered1955
Subjectmodern life
Genredrama

It was adapted by the ABC for radio in 1955,[2] 1956,[3] 1959[4] and 1962.

Reviewing the 1955 radio production, The Age called it a "connected and believable story".[5] The play was highly commended in the 1955 playwriting competition from the Playwrights Advisory Board that was won by Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and The Torrents.[6]

References
  1. "The arts Insisting on the right to be wrong", The bulletin., John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 92 (4709), 20 Jun 1970 [1880], ISSN 0007-4039, nla.obj-1457563459, retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Trove
  2. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "PEOPLE AND PROGRAMMES AND PROGRAMMES", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 17 No. 22 (28 May 1955)), nla.obj-1700154681, retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Trove
  3. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "No title", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 18 No. 7 (18 February 1956)), nla.obj-1427371092, retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Trove
  4. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1939), "No title", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC (Vol. 21 No. 7 (18 February 1959)), nla.obj-1528083964, retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Trove
  5. "Broadcasting to people on the land". The Age. 4 June 1955. p. 18.
  6. "Two best plays by Victorians". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 August 1955. p. 6.
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