lsquo;She has; to my knowledge; an almost unblemished record in never having failed to spot a great new playhellip;rsquo; Philip Howard; from his ForewordJoyce McMillan has been writing about theatre in Scotland for more than three decades. As drama critic successively for The Guardian; Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman; she has reviewed thousands of plays. During that time she has borne witness to an extraordinary cultural and political renaissance in Scotland; reflected in the newfound confidence of its playwrights; in the vibrancy of its theatre culture and in its recent outburst of new theatre companies.Compiled by McMillan and the theatre director; Philip Howard; Theatre in Scotland is a panoramic history of modern Scottish theatre; reported from the frontline. It traces the remarkable journey of Scottish theatre towards its new self-confidence: the road to 1990; when Glasgow was European Capital of Culture; followed by the explosive expansion of the 1990s; culminating in the emergence of the National Theatre of Scotland and its drive to bring theatre culture right into the heart of the nation.Gathered here are the leading Scottish playwrights; from John Byrne to Liz Lochhead; from David Greig to David Harrower; as well as the full breadth of English playwrights; from Shakespeare to Pinter. There are reflections on the great Scottish plays; classic ndash; Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis; Men Should Weep ndash; and modern ndash; Black Watch; The James Plays. There are reports not only from the urban theatre centres of Edinburgh and Glasgow but from all over Scotland; and from the feast that is the Edinburgh Festival; to the nourishing A Play; A Pie and A Pint.A leading thinker and writer about Scotland; McMillan has an incomparable ability to detect the wider cultural resonances in Scottish theatre; and to reveal what it can tell us about Scotland as a whole. Her book serves as a portrait of a nation and a shared cultural life; where visions of lsquo;what we have been; what we are; and what we might becomersquo; are played out in sharp focus on its stages.lsquo;When Scottish theatre works [its] magic over the coming years; I will be there; to try to catch the moment in print; and to tell it as it was. And believe me; on the good nights and the bad ones; the privilege will be mine: to be paid to go looking for joy; and occasionally to find it.rsquo; Joyce McMillan
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