Freedom's Pioneer: John McGrath's Work in Theatre, Film and Television »

Susanna Capon is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway. She was previously a producer and director in the television industry and she is Course Director of the first vocational MA in Producing for Film and Television.  David Bradby is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London. He is author of Beckett: Waiting for Godot (CUP, 2001), The Theater of Michel Vinaver (Michigan UP, 1993), Modern French Drama 1940-1990 (CUP, 1991) and, with Annie Sparks, Mise en Scène: French Theatre Now(Methuen, 1997).

Purposing to celebrate and interrogate the life of the late British playwright and television writer John McGrath, Bradby (drama and theater studies, Royal Holloway, U. of London, UK) and Capon (media arts, Royal Holloway, U. of London) bring together 13 contributions by scholars and theater practitioners that explore the political and cultural aspects of his career. Essays discuss McGraths written work on cultural theory and politics expressed in his books A Good Night Out and The Bone Won't Break, his neglected early theater work, his role in the revival of Scottish cultural traditions, critical readings of later works such as Blood Red Roses and The Long Roads, and remembrances of collaborating with McGrath in different media. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR