The No Hopers
The No Hopers is a 1961 Australian play by Peter Batey. It was given support from the Australian [Elizabethan Theatre Trust|Elizabethan Theatre Trust] at a time when that was rare for Australian plays. The play toured around Australia.
Premise
A woman, Maggie, runs an outback pub with her no hoper husband. She has a romance with commercial traveller Joe.Initial production
The play premiered at The Playhouse Theatre in Perth on 7 June 1961 and later toured regional Western Australia with Union Theatre Repertory Company and was presented in Melbourne in 1962.Cast
- Joan MacArthur as Maggie O'Shaughnassy
- Bert Vickers as Mike O'Shaughnassy
- John Lenton as Joe Cook
- Margaret Ford as Edna Allnut
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Alma Hyland
- Brian Hannan as Archie Allnut