Overview

""If we carry enough hope, we can heal the world."" Samuel is afraid of the war in Maren and yearns to escape it. In the glow of moonlight, he is lured into the world within an unrolled piece of paper ... Claire hopes to heal the world. Comforted by the memory of her father, she draws a fantastical picture with a secret life of its own ... Doris desires the guidance of light to help her daughter Claire to survive the war. Frantically searching for her son Samuel, she is unaware of Claire's secret ... In her inspirational article: Theatre Playscapes of Hope, award-winning Susan Marshall argues that a young person's autonomy can be further developed through a sense of comfortability with the way one carries oneself and shares their own personal presence in their lifeworld. Referring to her extensive research of World War II in Gozo and Malta (along with her own family story), she discusses how she used her new Theatre Playscapes theatrical style to create All the Hope We Carry. In this play, All the Hope We Carry, we witness Susan's work with the Theatre Playscapes style in practice. Susan has developed a play that respects the war survivor, who faced with the traumas and turbulence of war, must find ways to carry themself and to survive. Susan uses her exceptional ability to distil and transcend vivid, dream-like moments, which evoke the spirit of the war survivor on a compelling and fantastical journey of hope. All the Hope We Carry will linger with you long after you have read it.

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"""Susan Marshall's writing resonates with a power and energy that moves you. Her worlds spark with life, heightening finite details which both absorb her characters and define their spirits within them. She gifts the war survivor with a strong presence that transcends well beyond the page. We trek each step with her characters, live and breathe their moments and are amazed by their highly creative journeys. Read ""All the Hope We Carry"" and allow yourself to be carried away."" -Hendrick Jorgensen, Independent Reviewer. ""A powerful story that ignites fantastical visual imagery. There is an unrelenting strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. We are propelled into the war survivor's aspirational journey and yearn for their survival."" -Ryan Marshall, Book Designer."

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Susan L. Marshall is the founder of Story Playscapes, an independent Australian publishing house. She is an Australian author, poet, dramatist, theatre practitioner, illustrator and essayist, known for her distinctively profound, metaphysical and deeply emotive work. Susan is also the founder of her monumental Theatre Playscapes style for young adults (introduced in her dramatic literature: ""Fleur of Yesterday"" and ""All the Hope We Carry""). She is a multiple award recipient (Top Story Award at Vocal Media; Award for Special Civic Service; Arthur Andersen Prize for Business Studies and an Australian National Volunteer Award for her work in literacy education). Susan is also the Amazon best-selling author of ""Bare Spirit"" (which is also recognised as a Popular Psychology publication) and ""Wild Soul,"" (which was also a #1 Hot New Release at Amazon Australia and #8 Hot New Release at Amazon USA). In her work at Story Playscapes, Susan dedicates herself to unique global literacy initiatives, such as the My Story Meadow Project and the Romantic Spirit Alight Readers' Garden, which work to provide reading, writing and wellbeing experiences for her global readership. Susan's body of work includes more than 35 publications, which contribute significantly to shaping the narrative of contemporary metaphysical literature. She creates works that fuse metaphysical philosophy with a diverse range of genres. Her distinctive writing voice is renowned for its unique mystical, lyrical and Romantic qualities, which share a heartfelt and sometimes surrealist narrative, evoking wonder and awe. Susan's works provide a special focus on the eternal nature of the Romantic Spirit and its journeys through every day human experiences; internal landscapes; deep soulful experiences and natural worlds. Her major professional publications, produced by Story Playscapes, are available in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. In 2026, Susan L. Marshall has stepped into her new era as author and debut illustrator, on the release of her publication: ""Princess Zyra's Lost Storm: An Australian Childhood Myth."" Susan is also continuously developing new publications and the highly anticipated product line of Story Playscapes' premium and bespoke, signature Romantic Spirit Collection. Its first edition, to be released in May, will present her renown novel: ""Adira and the Dark Horse"" in a luxurious, premium hard cover, Dawn and Dusk Deluxe edition.

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