| Go West, Young Man | |
| Premiere: | October 1952 |
| Place: | Monash Hut, Rose Bay |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | farce |
Go West, Young Man is a 1952 Australian play by Maurice Francis.[1]
The Sydney Morning Herald said "Apart from the last act, where the threads seem to be lost for a time, Mr. Francis lays out' his plot in an entertaining way, though he has obviously written too fast and too 'uncritically to make the most of some of the situations. The humour is glib, often mechanical, occasionally laboured, sometimes tasteless-as when the hero cavorts around the stage in blonde curls and satin lingerie."[2]
ABC Weekly said "there is always room in the theatre for a good farce, and judging by the shrieks of delight I must suppose that this is one. Mr. Francis evidently believes that the safe recipe for laughter in the theatre is that there shall be a minimum of invention, with stock situa-tions, and no wit. Perhaps he is right."
The Bulletin said the farce "rattles along a familiar road in a great hurry... with a great deal of noise and shouting. "
The Sun Herald said it "has a lot of ill-considered stuff in it, but which could, with careful reconstruction and editing, move up into the "Worm's Eye View" class of theatrical inspiration."[3]
An Englishman goes to the Australian outback.