John Mcgrath and Popular Political Theatre

A Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama 1880-2005

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 419-428

  Dicenzo, Maria ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British drama; Commercial success; Entertainment; Political theatre; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890709513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751480.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

References (34)

1. McGrath, John (1975). 'Better a Bad Night in Bootle', Theatre Quarterly 19, 39-54.
2. McGrath, John (1979). 'The Theory and Practice of Political Theatre', Theatre Quarterly 9, 43-54.
3. McGrath, John (1981a). 'The Year of the Cheviot' in John McGrath. The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil. London: Methuen, v-xxviii.
4. McGrath, John (1981b). A Good Night Out: Popular Theatre: Audience, Class and Form. London: Methuen.
5. McGrath, John (1985). 'Popular Theatre and the Changing Perspectives of the Eighties', New Theatre Quarterly 1:4, 390-416.
6. McGrath, John (1990). The Bone Won't Break: On Theatre and Hope in HardTimes. London: Methuen.
7. McGrath, John (1996). Six-Pack: Plays for Scotland. Edinburgh: Polygon.
8. McGrath, John (2001). 'Theatre and Democracy' in John McGrath (2002). Naked Thoughts that Roam About: Reflections on Theatre 1958-2001, ed. Nadine Holdsworth. London: Nick Hern, 228-39.
9. McGrath, John (2002). Naked Thoughts that Roam About: Reflections on Theatre 1958-2001, ed. Nadine Holdsworth. London: Nick Hern.
10. McGrath, John (2005). John McGrath: Plays for England, selected and intro. Nadine Holdsworth. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.
11. Bradby, David and Capon, Susanna (eds.) (2005). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.
12. Brown, Ian (2005). '''Bursting through the Hoop and Dancing on the Edge of Seediness'': Five Scottish Playwrights Talk about John McGrath' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 100-12.
13. Bull, John (1983). New British Political Dramatists. New York: Grove Press.
14. DiCenzo, Maria (1996). The Politics of Alternative Theatre in Britain, 1968-1990: The Case of 7:84 (Scotland). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
15. DiCenzo, Maria (2005). 'Theatre, Theory and Politics: The Contribution of JohnMcGrath' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath'sWork in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 3-14.
16. Edgar, David (1979). 'Ten Years of Political Theatre, 1968-78', Theatre Quarterly 8:32, 25-33.
17. Edgar, David (2002). 'Views Across Borders', New Theatre Quarterly 72, 305-6.
18. Holdsworth, Nadine (2005). 'Finding the Right Places, Finding the Right Audiences: Topicality and Entertainment in the Work of 7:84 England' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 55-69.
19. Innes, Christopher (2002). Modern British Drama: The Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
20. Itzin, Catherine (1980). Stages in the Revolution: Political Theatre in Britain since 1968. London: Methuen.
21. Kershaw, Baz (1992). The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. London: Routledge.
22. Lacey, Stephen (2005). 'A Practical Realism: McGrath, Brecht, Lukács and Blood Red Roses' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 130-43.
23. MacLennan, Elizabeth (1990). The Moon Belongs to Everyone: Making Theatre with 7:84. London: Methuen.
24. Merkin, Ros (2005). 'A Life Outside 7:84: John McGrath and the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 25-38.
25. Nelson, Robin (2005). 'The Television Adaptation of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 115-29.
26. Patterson, Michael (2003). Strategies of Political Theatre: Post-War British Playwrights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
27. Peacock, D. Keith (1991). Radical Stages: Alternative History in Modern British Drama. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
28. Reinelt, Janelle (1996). After Brecht: British Epic Theatre. Ann Arbor:University of Michigan Press.
29. Shellard, Dominic (1999). British Theatre since the War. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
30. Stevenson, Randall (2005). 'Border Warranty: John McGrath and Scotland' in David Bradby and Susanna Capon (eds.). Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 73-85.
31. For a more complete list of theatre, television and film credits see:
32. Horvat, Ksenija and McGrath, John (2001). 'John McGrath: An Updated Checklist and Bibliography', International Journal of Scottish Theatre 2:1, arts.qmuc.ac.uk/ijost/Volume2_no1/K_Horvat. htm.
33. See also tributes and articles in:
34. 'The Theatres of John McGrath' (2002). New Theatre Quarterly 18:4, 299-333.