John McGrath


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Actor | Director | Executive Producer | Writer | Screenplay

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...

Place of Birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Date of Birth: Jul 1, 1935

Date of Death: Jan 22, 2002


Filmography

Actor (1 Known Credits)


Director (4 Known Credits)


Play for Today

Director

Six

Director

Z-Cars

Director

Play for Today (1970 - 1984)
Director
Play of the Month (1965 - 1983)
Director
Six (1964 - 1965)
Director
Z-Cars (1962 - 1978)
Director

Executive Producer (1 Known Credits)


The Dressmaker

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Writer (6 Known Credits)


Screenplay (2 Known Credits)


The Reckoning (1970)
Screenplay
Screenplay

Producer (1 Known Credits)


Carrington

Producer

Carrington (1995)
Producer

Co-Producer (1 Known Credits)


Aberdeen

Co-Producer

Aberdeen (2000)
Co-Producer

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