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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

1. Minuet for Stuffed Birds (produced 1950)
2. Merry-Go-Round, adaptation of a play by Schnitzler (as Reigen - La Ronde, produced 1952)
3. The Man Who Bought a Battlefield (produced 1963)
4. The Formation Dancers (produced 1964; revised version, produced 1971)
5. The Killing of Sister George (produced 1965)
6. Cleo (produced 1965)
7. The Window (televised 1966; produced 1969)
8. Studies of the Nude (produced 1967)
9. Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within? (produced 1968)
10. The Guardsman, adaptation of a play by Ferenc Molnár (produced 1969)
11. Blank Pages: A Monologue (televised 1969; produced 1972)
12. The Window 1970
13. Notes on a Love Affair (produced 1972)
14. Christmas Carol (produced 1972; as Carol's Christmas, produced 1975)
15. Keyholes (produced 1973)
16. Beauty and the Beast (produced 1975)
17. Anatol, adaptation of the play by Schnitzler (produced 1976)
18. Portrait of the Artist (mime; produced 1976)
19. Blind Date: An Anecdote (produced 1977)
20. The Ballad of Wilfred II (produced 1978)
21. The Merman of Orford (mime; produced 1978)
22. The Weavers, adaptation of a play by Gerhart Hauptmann (produced 1980)
23. La Ronde, with Jacqueline Marcus, adaptation of the play by Schnitzler (televised 1982; produced 1991)
24. 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:

1. Liebelei, 1954;
2. The Window, 1966;
3. A Temporary Typist, 1966;
4. The Glove Puppet, 1968;
5. Blank Pages, 1969;
6. Carol's Story, 1974;
7. 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.