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A radical’s revival in Edinburgh
LEN PHELAN looks forward to a season of films by the late John McGrath, the highly influential socialist writer and producer of TV, films and theatre
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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ONE of the radical strands in this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival really couldn’t be timelier as the referendum in Scotland draws near.
Border Warfare: John McGrath’s Work In TV, Theatre And Film features a season of 10 films by the writer and director who, from the 1970s until his death in 2002, was one of the most influential figures in the left theatre of England and Scotland.
Though McGrath had a highly successful career in film and television, his main passion was theatre. He was most certainly a man with a mission — to reach as many people as possible through theatre, heighten individual and collective awareness and move politics in a left direction.
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