Freedom's pioneer : John McGrath's work in theatre, film and television / edited by David Bradby and Susanna Capon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradby, David.

Capon, Susanna.

Series:

Exeter performance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGrath, John, 1935-2002--Criticism and interpretation.

McGrath, John.

McGrath, John, 1935-2002.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 2005.

Summary:

Freedom's Pioneer defines the importance of John McGrath's role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Through play and script-writing, through directing, producing and co-ordinating work, and through his critical, political and philosophical reflections, McGrath exerted a powerful influence over developments and innovations in all three art forms.

Contents:

Part 1 Culture and the Socialist Vision

1 Theatre, Theory and Politics: The Contribution of John McGrath / Maria DiCenzo 3

Part 2 Early Work

2 Get Out and Get On: Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun / Peter Thomson 17

3 A Life Outside 7:84: John McGrath and the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool / Ros Merkin 25

4 'Serjeant Musgrave Dances to a Different Tune': John McGrath's Adaptation of John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance / John Bull 39

5 Finding the Right Places, Finding the Right Audiences: Topicality and Entertainment in the Work of 7:84 England / Nadine Holdsworth 55

Part 3 John McGrath and Scotland

6 Border Warranty: John McGrath and Scotland / Randall Stevenson 73

7 Celtic Centres, the Fringes and John McGrath / Ian Brown 86

8 'Bursting through the hoop and dancing on the edge of the seediness': Five Scottish Playwrights Talk about John McGrath / Ian Brown 100

9 The Television Adaptation of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil / Robin Nelson 115

10 A Practical Realism: McGrath, Brecht, Lukacs and Blood Red Roses / Stephen Lacey 130

11 A Good Night In: The Long Roads / Robert Dawson Scott 144

12 Three One-Woman Epics: The Political Performer / Olga Taxidou 156

Part 5 Working with John

13 Working with John-Interviews by Susanna Capon 173

Pamela Howard 173

Bill Paterson 177

Troy Kennedy Martin 185

Jack Gold 191

John Bett 196

Jenny Tiramani 206

Elizabeth MacLennan 210.

Notes:

Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-245) and index.

ISBN:

0859897486

0859897494

OCLC:

53392465