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Frank Marcus

Frank Marcus was a playwright who wrote many parts for women showing them as multidimensional characters. He is remembered as a champion of lesbianism for ‘The Killing of Sister George’ even though he never mentioned the word ‘lesbian’ in the play.

Names Frank Marcus (Main)

BE [“Frank Marcus (I) (1928–1996),” IMDB, n.d., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546105/]

Frank Ulrich Marcus (altName)

BE [“Frank Marcus (I) (1928–1996),” IMDB, n.d., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546105/]

Related Pages Frank Marcus on LGLC
Frank Marcus on VIAF
Birth Date 1928/06/30
Birth Place https://lglc.ca/place/Breslau,GER/
Death Date 1996/08/05
Death Place https://lglc.ca/place/LON/
Identities British

BG [“Frank Marcus (I) (1928–1996),” IMDB, n.d., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546105/], [Adam Benedick, “Obituary: Frank Marcus,” The Independent, 8 August 1996, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-frank-marcus-1308720.html]

German

BG [Adam Benedick, “Obituary: Frank Marcus,” The Independent, 8 August 1996, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-frank-marcus-1308720.html]

Occupations Playwright Theatre
1950 - 1972

Adam Benedick, “Obituary: Frank Marcus,” The Independent, 8 August 1996, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-frank-marcus-1308720.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/09/arts/frank-marcus-68-who-wrote-the-killing-of-sister-george.html(http://goo.gl/nMMdNw)

Screenwriter Television
1954 - 1973

“Frank Marcus (I) (1928–1996),” IMDB, n.d., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546105/

Theatre Critic Critic
1968 - 1978

Adam Benedick, “Obituary: Frank Marcus,” The Independent, 8 August 1996, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-frank-marcus-1308720.html
“Frank Marcus Playwright,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 August 1996, p. 68

Associated People

https://lglc.ca/person/Jacqueline Sylvester/
(Spouses)
Personal
Romantic
1951 - 1993
Adam Benedick, "Obituary: Frank Marcus," The Independent, 8 August 1996, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-frank-marcus-1308720.html

Associated Periodicals https://lglc.ca/periodical/The Sunday Telegraph/ (Critic)
1968 - 1978

“Frank Marcus Playwright,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 August 1996, p. 68