Norman McVicker founded St Peter's Community Players in 1947. In the mid-1950s, the Players became Pocket Playhouse. The Playhouse was regularly visited by
Miles Franklin (q.v.) who read her one-acts plays 'in a bid to coax McVicker into producing them'.
McVicker wrote a number of full-length plays, wrote scripts for Radio 2GB's
Dr Mac series, and produced 'several 26-episode radio serials'.
McVicker served with the army during World War II and then worked as an auditor with QANTAS for three decades. He later moved to Mudgee and took up viticulture and herb-growing. It was during this time that McVicker wrote a regular column, 'Tales from along the Wallaby Track', for the
Mudgee Guardian. He also 'led a crusade to save and restore' the Eurunderee School attended by
Henry Lawson (q.v.).
Source: Esther Han, '
Theatre Lover Had a Way with Words',
Sydney Morning Herald (1-2 September
2012): 20.
