The Illusionists (play)
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| The Illusionists | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Morris West |
| Date premiered | 1955 |
| Place premiered | ABC radio |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | modern life |
| Genre | verse drama |
The Illusionists is a 1955 stage play by Morris West about an advertising agent who longs to paint. It was a verse drama, like his later play The Heretic. West had just sold his radio company and begun writing novels.[1]
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. (Others highly commended were Flood, Hoad of Moluka, Cornerstone and We Find the Bunyip. There had been 130 entries.)[2]
A commercial artist, Roger Maxwell, leaves his job working for an advertising agency and wife and child to become a painter.
