Frank (Ulrich) MARCUS
Born in Breslau, Germany, 30 June 1928; emigrated to England in 1939. Educated at Bunce Court School, Kent (evacuated to Shropshire), 1939-43; St. Martin's School of Art, London, 1943-44. Married Jacqueline Sylvester in 1951; one son and two daughters.
Stage Works
- Minuet for Stuffed Birds (produced 1950)
- Merry-Go-Round, adaptation of a play by Schnitzler (as Reigen - La Ronde, produced 1952)
- The Man Who Bought a Battlefield (produced 1963)
- The Formation Dancers (produced 1964; revised version, produced 1971)
- The Killing of Sister George (produced 1965)
- Cleo (produced 1965)
- The Window (televised 1966; produced 1969)
- Studies of the Nude (produced 1967)
- Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within? (produced 1968)
- The Guardsman, adaptation of a play by Ferenc Molnár (produced 1969)
- Blank Pages: A Monologue (televised 1969; produced 1972)
- The Window 1970
- Notes on a Love Affair (produced 1972)
- Christmas Carol (produced 1972; as Carol's Christmas, produced 1975)
- Keyholes (produced 1973)
- Beauty and the Beast (produced 1975)
- Anatol, adaptation of the play by Schnitzler (produced 1976)
- Portrait of the Artist (mime; produced 1976)
- Blind Date: An Anecdote (produced 1977)
- The Ballad of Wilfred II (produced 1978)
- The Merman of Orford (mime; produced 1978)
- The Weavers, adaptation of a play by Gerhart Hauptmann (produced 1980)
- La Ronde, with Jacqueline Marcus, adaptation of the play by Schnitzler (televised 1982; produced 1991)
- From Morning to Midnight, adaptation of a play by Georg Kaiser (produced 1987)
SCREENPLAYS:
- The Snow Tiger, 1966;
- The Formation Dancers, 1972.
RADIO PLAYS:
- The Hospital Visitor, 1979;
- The Beverley Brooch, 1981;
- The Row over La Ronde, 1982.
TELEVISION PLAYS:
- Liebelei, 1954;
- The Window, 1966;
- A Temporary Typist, 1966;
- The Glove Puppet, 1968;
- Blank Pages, 1969;
- Carol's Story, 1974;
- La Ronde, with Jacqueline Marcus, 1982.
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: Boston University Libraries.
CRITICAL STUDIES:
- "The Plays of Frank Marcus" by Irving Wardle, in London Magazine, March 1966;
- "The Comedy is Finished" by Marcus, in London Magazine, June-July 1971.