Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction: Snakes and Ladders, Snakes and Owls: Charting Scottish Theatre 1
5. Part I STAGES AND COMPANIES
6. One A Scottish National Theatre? 23
7. Two Cradle on the Tree-Top: the Edinburgh Festival and Scottish Theatre 34
8. Three From Traverse to Tramway: Scottish Theatres Old and New 49
9. Four Glasgow and its Citizens 57
10. Five The People's Story: 7:84 Scotland 65
11. Part II PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS
12. Six Language and Identity on the Stage 75
13. Seven. Plugged into History: the Sense of the Past in Scottish Theatre 84
14. Eight. In the Jungle of the Cities 100
15. Nine. Fantasists and Philosophers 112
16. Ten. The New Wave 125
17. Eleven. Loose Canons: Identifying a Women's Tradition in Playwriting 138
18. Part III POLITICS AND PRACTICES
19. Twelve. From Cheviots to Silver Darlings 149
20. Thirteen. Epic Theatre in Scotland 164
21. Fourteen. Scottish Drama and the Popular Tradition 176
22. Fifteen. Talking in Tongues: Scottish Translations 1970-1995 186
23. Sixteen. Directing for the Scottish Stage 198
24. Seventeen. Economics, Culture and Playwriting 206
25. The Scottish Theatre since 1970: A Bibliography 215
26. About the Contributors 225
27. Index 230