A Good Night Out: Popular Theatre : Audience, Class, and Form

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Nick Hern Books, 1996 - Drama - 126 pages
Re-issued alongside his new book, Naked Thoughts, this is McGrath's manifesto on popular theatre. In it he points towards 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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About the author (1996)

John McGrath (1935-2002) was a playwright and theatre theorist. He also wrote for TV, notably Z-Cars ). In 1971 he founded 7:84 (named after the statistic that 7% of the population of Britain owns 84% of the wealth), for whom he wrote 20 plays. His theatre manifesto, A Good Night Out, is a classic theatre text.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Good Night Out: Popular Theatre : Audience, Class, and Form
A Nick Hern book
AuthorJohn McGrath
Editionreprint
PublisherNick Hern Books, 1996
ISBN1854593706, 9781854593702
Length126 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning
Performing Arts / General
Performing Arts / Individual Director
Performing Arts / Theater / General
Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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