Sister George is no nun, but a fictional character in a popular BBC radio soap about English village life.
To boost ratings the character is axed and Mrs Mercy confronts June Buckridge who has played the part for some 2000 performances. June has a domestic relationship with Alice McNaught, who shares her home and her bed. With the impending catastrophe of June’s job lost the insecure relationship is taken advantage of and carnage and loss ensue.
First performed in 1966 this play by Frank Marcus remains a witty and poignant comedy.
Frank Marcus (1928 - 1996)
Born into a Jewish family in Germany, Marcus and his family came to England as refugees in 1939. Until 1943 he was schooled at Lenham, near Faversham, then spent a year at Saint Martin's School of Art. He started as an actor and playwright with the International Theatre Group and the Unity Theatre. In 1951 he married actress Jacqueline Sylvester, who collaborated with him on some of his plays which were noted for their strong parts for female actors. This was especially true of his one big success, 'The Killing of Sister George' a play which first starred Beryl Reid at its premiere and which was later made into a film. As well as his own plays he made several translations and adaptations from his native German. He worked as Theatre Critic for The Sunday Telegraph between 1968 and 1978.
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