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The classic manifesto on popular theatre by the founder of the 7:84 Theatre Companies.

John McGrath's manifesto is as relevant today as it was when first published in 1981. Looking at the ways different classes take their entertainment, he puts the case for what theatre could be doing for the populace instead of walling itself up in subsidised fortresses for the well-to-do.



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'The classic statement of the aims of the counter-theatre movement in this country'

* Financial Times *

'Ebullient, provocative and, above all, life-enhancing'

-- Michael Billington

A Good Night Out: Popular Theatre: Audience,

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 11 January 1996
      ISBN-13 9781854593702
      978-1854593702
      ISBN-10 1854593706
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      Entertainment Individual actors Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The classic manifesto on popular theatre by the founder of the 7:84 Theatre Companies.

      John McGrath's manifesto is as relevant today as it was when first published in 1981. Looking at the ways different classes take their entertainment, he puts the case for what theatre could be doing for the populace instead of walling itself up in subsidised fortresses for the well-to-do.



      Trade Review

      'The classic statement of the aims of the counter-theatre movement in this country'

      * Financial Times *

      'Ebullient, provocative and, above all, life-enhancing'

      -- Michael Billington

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