Derek Marlowe made his stage debut in 1959 in the Questors Student Group Production of THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. 

He was already a budding playwright and novelist and in 1964 he joined the Berlin Literary Colloquium event organised by James Saunders, in which he and other Questors members took part in Tom Stoppard's early one-act version of ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. He died in 1999.

The Questors visit to Berlin, 1964

DEREK MARLOWE ON WIKIPEDIA

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THE PLAY

This play is, in the author's own words, an attempt to portray the intangible schitzophrenia of one man. Basically a comedy with some elements of Theatre of Cruelty, the main idea was conceived after reading the biographies of Aly Khan and Beau Brummell in one afternoon.

THE DIRECTOR

The television and film director Alan Clarke, who died in 1990, is best remembered for his gritty portrayal of the British working class in films like SCUM (1979) and RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO!(1987) and for his many key drama productions for BBC and ITV. 

But we remember him best for his contributions to the life of our theatre between 1962 and 1966. These were crucial years for The Questors, and Alfred Emmet recalled long and stimulating discussions with Alan about where the theatre in general, and The Questors in particular, was going or should go.

In Fond Memory of Alan Clarke (including a list of his Questors productions)