ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1980, is a comprehensive study of the radical theatre movement in Britain from 1968 to 1978. The essays are based on first-hand interviews, with each section being introduced with a summary of key events before detailing the artists under examination.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |3 pages

1968

chapter |15 pages

John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy

chapter |12 pages

AgitProp Street Players/Red Ladder

chapter |10 pages

Ed Berman and Inter-Action

chapter |3 pages

1969

chapter |5 pages

Welfare State

chapter |3 pages

Pip Simmons Theatre Group

chapter |13 pages

Edward Bond

chapter |2 pages

1970

chapter |11 pages

David Mercer

chapter |15 pages

Arnold Wesker

chapter |2 pages

1971

chapter |10 pages

John McGrath and 7:84 Theatre Company

chapter |6 pages

Hull Truck

chapter |4 pages

1972

chapter |13 pages

David Edgar and The General Will

chapter |9 pages

Subsidy

chapter |4 pages

1973

chapter |11 pages

Trevor Griffiths

chapter |4 pages

1974

chapter |12 pages

Howard Brenton and Portable Theatre

chapter |8 pages

Belt and Braces Roadshow

chapter |4 pages

1975

chapter |5 pages

The Independent Theatre Council (ITC)

chapter |4 pages

Equity

chapter |8 pages

Joint Stock Theatre Group

chapter |6 pages

Womens Theatre Group

chapter |4 pages

Gay Sweatshop

chapter |5 pages

Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre

chapter |6 pages

Barrie Keeffe

chapter |10 pages

Howard Barker

chapter |5 pages

1976

chapter |4 pages

The ICA Theatre

chapter |6 pages

The National Theatre

chapter |5 pages

Monstrous Regiment

chapter |10 pages

Caryl Churchill

chapter |4 pages

1977

chapter |13 pages

North West Spanner

chapter |11 pages

Theatre Writers Union (TWU)

chapter |3 pages

1978

chapter |10 pages

The Combination

chapter |7 pages

David Hare

chapter |4 pages

Postscript

chapter |27 pages

Chronology of Productions