JOHN MCGRATH (1935 - 2002)
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by John McGrath
Albannach, The |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1985 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from novel by Fionn MacColla, music by Eddie McGuire | ||||
Synopsis: A play about the constraints of highland life and finding the joyful side of life in the face of controversy. | ||||
All The Fun Of The Fair |
| 1st Produced: | Half Moon, London | 1986 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Chris Bond and others | ||||
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Angel Of The Morning |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Baby And The Bathwater: The Imperial Policeman |
| 1st Produced: | Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire | 1984 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A blistering satire about the widespread fear of communism. | ||||
Bakke's Night Of Fame |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1968 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Davis Poynter, London | 1973 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from novel A Danish Gambit by William Butler | ||||
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Basement In Bangkok |
| 1st Produced: | Bristol | 1963 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music and songs by Dudley Moore | ||||
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Behold The Sun |
| 1st Produced: | Duisburg, West Germany | 1985 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Opera Libretto | Opera | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Written in collaboration with Alexander Goehr, music by Goehr | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Big Square Fields |
| 1st Produced: | Bradford | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
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Bitter Apples |
| 1st Produced: | Liverpool | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
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Blood Red Roses |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1980 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Two Plays For the Eighties", People's Press, Aberdeen | 1981 | ||
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| Genre: | Political Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | musicians | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: All that glistens is not gold; questioning the truth behind improving standard of living for working class people. | ||||
Boom |
| 1st Produced: | Gospie, Sutherland | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "New Edinburgh Review, August | 1975 | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Border Warfare |
| 1st Produced: | Glagow | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Six-Pack: Plays For Scotland" Polygon | 1996 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | musicians | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Catch, The |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1981 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
Synopsis: A play examining local desires versus central government. | ||||
Caucasian Chalk Circle, The |
| 1st Produced: | Liverpool | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 38 | Female | 11 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht | ||||
Synopsis: an Old Chinese Legend, a cruel town governor murdered, wife escapes leaving baby. Returns to try and 'drag the baby out of the Chal Circle' | ||||
Cheviot, The Stag, And The Black, Black Oil |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | West Highland Publishing, Kileakin, Isle of Skye | 1973 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | musicians | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Comrade Jacob |
| 1st Produced: | Falmer, Sussex | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from novel by David Caute | ||||
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Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1966 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | 1966 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Tragedy | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Fish In The Sea |
| 1st Produced: | Liverpool | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, London | 1977 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Game's A Bogey, The |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Edinburgh University Student Publications, Edinburgh | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Half the Picture |
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: From The Scott Inquiry By R Norton Taylor | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Hebrides, The |
| 1st Produced: | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | 1970 | ||
| Company: | The Edinburgh Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: set in contemporary Scotland | ||||
Hover Through The Fog |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Hyperlynx |
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Monologue 90 min | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: McGrath's final work. One act version performed at Edinburgh festival 2001 | ||||
Synopsis: first part is a cogent attack on the power of multinationals, the second, written after 11 September, links suicide bombers with anti-globalisation protesters | ||||
If You Want To Know The Time |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Invasion, The |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1958 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Arthur Adamov; Written in collaboration with Barbara Canning | ||||
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Joe's Drum |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1979 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | People's Press, Aberdeen | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Political Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | musiciams | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A historical - political story told with punch and zest and most importantly the power of conviction. | ||||
John Brown's Body |
| 1st Produced: | Glagow | 1990 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Last Of The Maceachans, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Solo | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Lay Off |
| 1st Produced: | Lancaster | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: also produced Unity Theatre, London, 1975. (7:84 England) | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Life And Times Of Joe Of England, The |
| 1st Produced: | Basildon, Essex | 1977 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Little Red Hen |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1975 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | Pluto Press, London | 1977 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: What can we learn from the past that can help us build a better Scotland today? | ||||
Mairi Mhor - The Woman from Skye |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1987 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Using Gaelic song, one woman's story of imprisonment in the nineteenth century unfolds. | ||||
Man Has Two Fathers, A |
| 1st Produced: | Oxford | 1958 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Nightclass |
| 1st Produced: | Corby, Northamptonshire | 1981 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Rick Lloyd | ||||
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On The Pig's Back |
| 1st Produced: | Kilmarnock, Ayrshire | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with David MacLennan | ||||
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Oranges And Lemons |
| 1st Produced: | Amsterdam | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Out Of Our Heads |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Six-Pack: Plays For Scotland" Polygon | 1996 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | musicians | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Out Of Sight |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Plugged-In To History |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Prisoners Of The War |
| 1st Produced: | Liverpool | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Playwright - Peter Terson | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Random Happenings In The Hebrides, Or, The Social Democrat And The Stormy Sea |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Davis Poynter, London | 1972 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Rat Trap, The |
| 1st Produced: | Amsterdam | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Rejoice! |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1982 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Mark Brown | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Screw The Bobbin |
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow | 1982 | ||
| Company: | 7:84 Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | Agit Prop | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 2 musicians | |||
Notes: written by Chris Hannan and John McGrath | ||||
Synopsis: Agit-prop play about the closure of a factory. | ||||
Seagull, The |
| 1st Produced: | Dundee | 1961 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | ||||
Synopsis: Can the young people's dreams be realised or will their desires turn sour when confronted by the cruelties of the adult world? | ||||