John McGrath

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Writing

Born in Birkenhead from Irish Catholic stock, John McGrath was a British playwright, screenwriter. producer, director and socialist who took up the cause of Scottish independence and the principles of a radical, popular theatre with the creation of the 7:84 theatre company alongside his wife, Elizabeth MacLennan, and brother-in-law, David MacLennan. His most famous plays are arguably The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil which was brought to television in 1974 by John Mackenzie for the Play for Today strand, and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun which was made into the film The Bofors Gun in 1968. He also wrote the screenplays for films such as Billion Dollar Brain, The Virgin Soldiers, The Reckoning, The Dressmaker and 1991's Robin Hood, and produced films such as Carrington and Aberdeen.

Filmography

• imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester (2023)
• Making Reel History (2006)
• Aberdeen (2000)
• My Life in Pink (1997)
• Half the Picture (1996)
• Carrington (1995)
• Mairi Mhor (1994)
• The Long Roads (1993)
• Robin Hood (1991)
• The Dressmaker (1988)
• Blood Red Roses (1986)
• The Adventures of Frank: Seeds of Ice (1980)
• The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something (1980)
• The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
• The Bouncing Boy (1972)
• Orkney (1971)
• Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr (1970)
• The Reckoning (1970)
• The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
• Double Bill (1969)
• The Bofors Gun (1968)
• Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
• Exit 19 (1966)
• Shotgun (1966)
• The Day of Ragnarok (1965)
• The Diary of a Nobody (1964)
• Fade to Black