The Dutch man (Robert Cubbage) earned my gratitude by suggesting a foreign accent only and making the part commendably intelligible.
Reviewing the 1954 production, the Daily Telegraph said Turner should be "commended" for the second half of the play a he "explored with considerable sensitivity the problem of an artist who is accustomed to the lambent half-lights' of Holland, being suddenly blinded by the dazzling outlines of sun burnt landscapes.
For perpetrating his opening scene — with a maudlin love- interest slobbered out for a full fifteen minutes — Mr. Turner richly deserves to be tethered to a radio and forced to hear 52 episodes of When a Girl Marries at one sitting.
Though this is something of a thesis play, Turner sugars the pill with his controlled amiability, a deceptive homeliness of touch that masks true perception.
"[8] According to the Adelaide Mail, the play "told the story of Hans Maartens, Dutch artist and new Australian, who is Trying to Find Himself in his adopted country.