John McGrath

A Good Night Out

Foreword   Raymond Williams Preface Preface to Second Edition Behind the Clichés of Contemporary Theatre Towards a Working-Class Theatre Mediating Contemporary Reality Theatre Has Begun to Take Place Theatre as Political Forum The Challenge of Cinema and Television Appendix: 7:84 Theatre Company

Plays for England

Foreword   Michael Billington Introduction   Nadine Holdsworth John McGrath’s early career: 1958-70 The Liverpool Everyman: 1971-72 7:84 Theatre Company: 1971-73 7:84 England Theatre Company: 1973-75 7:84 England Theatre Company in decline: 1976-79 Responding to Thatcherism: 1980-85 Watching for Dolphins in the 1990s The Plays