In 1973, he succeeded Omar Pound as headmaster, beginning a tenure that would span for four decades and define the institution's standards and values.
McPhillips's direction and production turned the convention of high school play into high-quality dramatic art.
The 1992 production of Euripides Hippolytos, in Arabic, featured an original Paul Bowles score and costumes designed by Yves St.
[4] His staging of Tennessee Williams' Camino Real in Tangier's Petit Socco plaza was the fulfillment of McPhillips's promise to the playwright.
Over his career, McPhillips's forceful and uncompromising personality left an indelible stamp on thousands of young people, and made him a national treasure for his adoptive home country of Morocco.
[citation needed] The day before McPhillips' death, he confirmed graduation plans and oversaw a rehearsal of this year's play, Edward Albee's Zoo Story, in the Salle Beckett in Tangier.