Trevor Griffiths

Oi for England

These plays are set at turning points in history. The first play is set at the height of the Great Terror in 1794, on the eve of the execution of Danton while the second follows the lives of seven young people from their primary school days in the 1970s to the turn of the 21st century.

Hope in the Year Two ; And, Thatcher's Children

Warren Beatty

Press kit includes 1 booklet and 20 photographs.

Reds

Trevor Griffiths was born in Manchester in 1935, of Irish and Welsh descent. He has been a writer for the theatre, television and cinema since the late 1960s. His work has been seen throughout the world and has won numerous awards. This title features nine of his plays.

Theatre Plays Two

This book deals with the growth of cinema-going in Scotland in an extended scholarly manner, integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history.

Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950

Two Plays

Apricots ; &, Thermidor

What did our Scottish grandparents and great grandparents see at the cinema? What thrilled them on the silver screen? This is the first scholarly work to document the cinema habits of early twentieth-century Scots, exploring the growth of early cinema-going and integrating the study of cinema into wider debates in social and economic history. The author draws extensively on archival resources concerning the cinema as a business, on documentation kept by cinema managers, and on the diaries and recollections of cinema-goers. He considers patterns of cinema-going and attendance levels, as well as changes in audience preferences for different genres, stars or national origins of films. The thematic chapters broaden out the discussion of cinema-going to consider the wider social and cultural impact of this early form of mass leisure. Trevor Griffiths’ book is a major contribution to the growing body of work on the history and significance of British film Key Features First major study of early Scottish film New archives and research Fascinating diary entries Early cinema as business Important addition to Scottish film studies Key words: cinema, Scotland, history, cinema-going, society, films, Scottish

The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950

Theatre Plays One

Trevor Griffith's Screenplay of the Novel by D.H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

'The setting is a schoolroom near Manchester where an evening class of budding comics congregate for a final briefing from their tutor before facing an agent's man from London. Telling jokes for money offers an escape from the building site or the milk round. But the humour is a deadly serious business that also involves anger, pain and truth.' Financial Times 'Trevor Griffiths has not shown his brilliance as a writer more clearly than in Comedians.' Daily Telegraph

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