Malcolm Purcell lives on the Gold Coast where he plays cricket for its Over60s team and volunteers at the local library. He has BA(Hons) and MA degrees from the Flinders University of SA, and the Cambridge/RSA CTEFLA. He has worked as a taxi driver, high school teacher, charity collector, window cleaner, ABS interviewer, servo-attendant, TAFE tutor, ESL teacher in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and London, and for an advertising agency and an abattoir.
STAGE:
“Just Throw Money" Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide, 1978.
"Happy As Larry" Festival Centre, Adelaide, 1978.
"Lolly Day" Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide, 1978 & 79.
"Lolly Day" La Mama Theatre, Melbourne, 1979.
"The Old Macs" Union Hall, Adelaide, 1993.
PLAYREADINGS:
"Lolly Day" National Playwrights' Conference, 1977.
"Happy As Larry" Melbourne Theatre Company, 1978.
"Happy As Larry" National Playwrights' Conference,1978.
"Making It" Melbourne Theatre Company, 1980.
RADIO DRAMA:
"The Tall Stranger" ABC-Radio, 1979.
"Roger Marsh" ABC-Radio, 1980.
"Happy As Larry" ABC-Radio, 1983.
| ROGER'S DAY by Malcolm Purcell |
| HAPPY AS LARRY by Malcolm Purcell |
