{"product_id":"freedoms-pioneer-john-mcgraths-work-in-theatre-film-and-television-exeter-performance-studies-9780859897488","title":"Freedoms Pioneer John McGraths Work in Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first full-length study of John McGrath's work, and illuminates the importance of his role in the development of theatre, film and television in the last four decades of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘…the editors and publishers are to be congratulated for their rich and eclectic volume that allows academics, journalists, playwrights, actors and singers, designers and producers to coexist, challenge and unsettle each other within a single volume.’ (Theatre Research International: 31.2. 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Handsomely produced and illustrated, both volumes are an eloquent monument to one of British twentieth-century theatre’s most important cultural activists.’ (Theatre Research International: 31.2. 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eForeword by Richard Eyre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by David Bradby and Susanna Capon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart One: Culture and the Socialist Vision\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Theatre,Theory and Politics: The Contribution of John McGrath, Maria DiCenzo\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart Two: Early Work\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Get Out and Get On: Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun, Peter Thomson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. A Life Outside: John McGrath and the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, Ros Merkin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. 'Serjeant Musgrave Dances to a Different Tune': John McGrath's Adaptation of John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, John Bull\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. Finding the Right Places, Finding the Right Audiences: Topicality and Entertainment in the Work of England, Nadine Holdsworth\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart Three: John McGrath and Scotland\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Border Warranty: John McGrath and Scotland, Randall Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Celtic Centres, the Fringes and John McGrath, Ian Brown\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. Bursting through the hoop and dancing on the edge of the seediness': Five Scottish Playwrights Talk about John McGrath, Ian Brown\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart Four: Case Studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. The Television Adaptation of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, Robin Nelson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. A Practical Realism: McGrath, Brecht, Lukacs and Blood Red Roses, Stephen Lacey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11. A Good Night In: The Long Roads, Robert Dawson-Scott\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12. Three One-Woman Epics: The Political Performer, Olga Taxidou\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart Five: Working with John \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e13. Working with John-Interviews by Susanna Capon:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePamela Howard\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBill Paterson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTroy Kennedy Martin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJack Gold\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJohn Bett\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJenny Tiramani\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth MacLennan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorks by John McGrath\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884812185943,"sku":"9780859897488","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/freedoms-pioneer-john-mcgraths-work-in-theatre-film-and-television-exeter-performance-studies-9780859897488","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}