The No Hopers

The No Hopers
The No Hopers
Written by	Peter Batey
Date premiered	June 1961 [1]
Place premiered	Perth
Original language	English
Genre	comedy

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

A woman, Maggie, runs an outback pub with her no hoper husband. She has a romance with commercial traveller Joe.

References

"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.

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[1] "Scottish accent". The Age. 1 December 1962. p. 8.

[2] "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.

[3] Nowroozi, Isaac; Burnside, Niki (15 June 2019). "Bald Archy Prize founder Peter Batey dies aged 85". ABC.

[4] "news of the day". The Age. 1 December 1962. p. 2.