ABSTRACT
The year 1977 was in some ways a turning point for the Women’s Theatre Group. During that year they produced two plays in line with their earlier policy: Pretty Ugly and In Our Way, both group written. The first was a youth show about the effect of fashion images; the second an adult show exploring the effect of sex discrimination legislation on women workers, in a factory and in journalism. However, the climate of fervour for simple agitprop work was changing, and members of the group were also somewhat dissatisfied with the pressures imposed by a scrupulous adherence to the anyone-can-do-anything approach. They employed freelance women directors and designers for these shows, and a twotier policy of one youth and one adult show each year was established.
