Theatre Studies: Junior Hons
Twentieth-century Scottish theatre

• general
• play texts
• books & periodicals

The following items of relevance to this course are available in the Scottish Theatre Archive.

Please note: the STA Online Catalogue is now available to assist searches for further material; an introductory catalogue help page is available for guidance.

General

John Byrne's Slab Boys: Traverse Theatre, 1978

Scottish theatre pre 1900

• See 19th century reviewing journals
• There is a printed list of Theatre periodicals

The Abbey Influence and the Glasgow Repertory Theatre

• Scottish Repertory Theatre, Glasgow - STA catalogue
• Scottish National Players

Inter war period

• See Curtain Theatre
• See Park Theatre
• See Glasgow Jewish Institute Players

Bridie and the Citizens’

• See Bridie Collection - Correspondence in online catalogue
• See Citizens’ Theatre
• MSU - STA catalogue

Glasgow Unity

• See Glasgow Unity - STA catalogue

1950s and1960s

• See Bridie Collection
• Citizens’ Theatre
• Gateway Theatre
• Traverse Theatre
• Scottish Theatre Company - STA catalogue

Scottish drama: 1950s to 1970s

• See Online catalogue for scripts and production information
• See Online catalogue for periodicals (There is also a printed version)

Political theatre in Scotland in the 1970’s

• See 7:84 & Wildcat catalogue
• Wildcat Archive is uncatalogued but items may be consulted with prior notice
• Citizen’s Theatre

1980s and 1990s

• Tron Theatre

Play Texts

Waste of Time

Anthologies

• A Decade's drama STA H.j.13
• Scot free STA H.h.14
• Made in Scotland STA M.a.27

Arnott, Peter

• The White rose STA J.h.Box 7/4

Baillie, Joanna

• De Montford Sp Coll 374 & 375

Barke, James

• Major operation STA A.r.Box 8/4

Barrie, J. M

• The admirable Crichton STA H.u.8-32; STA H.j.2; STA H.j.37; STA 2Gd 46-58
• Peter Pan STA H.j.2 STA K.n.Box 8/2
• Mary Rose STA H.i.47; STA B.r.10; STA H.j.2
• What every woman knows STA H.h.63; STA 2G.d.13; STA H.j.2; STA K.t.Box 5/1-6; STA K.p.Box 6/5

Bell, J.J.

• Wee Macgreegor STA H.n.Box 2/3

Binnie, John

• A little older STA 2J.l.Box 6/9 STA J.v.Box 3/7

Blake, George

• Clyde built STA 2B.c.Box 1/2 & 3
• The mother STA 2B.c.Box 11/4

Brandane, John

• The glen is mine STA B.r.11; STA 2B.c.Box 12/7 & 8; STA K.d.Box 8/12-13

Bridie, James

• The anatomist STA H.v.20-32; STA H.j.6; STA K.a.Box 4/11
• The Baikie Charivari STA H.v.33
• Daphne Laureola STA 2G.e.12-28
• The Forrigan reel STA H.w.2-4a; STA G.x.59-68
• Dr Angelus STA H.w.1; STA G.x.57; 2G.e(4 copies)
• The kitchen comedy STA H.w.61-63; STA H.x.1-4
• Mr Bolfry STA H.w.26; STA G.m.5; STA 2G.e.33 & 34
• The queen's comedy STA 2J.l.Box 8/5; STA H.w.36-48
• A sleeping clergyman STA H.w.49; STA H.j.6
• Sunlight sonata STA K.j.Box 7/13

Bryden, Bill

• Benny Lynch STA G.n.67-75; STA Tape 1+2 (Performance)
• The Big Picnic STA H.q.Box 9/10
• Willlie Rough STA G.o.11 STA J.k.Box 5/7-9

Byrne, John

• Colquhoun and MacBryde STA M.c.36
• Cuttin' a rug STA H.h.62
• The loveliest night of the year STA H.n.Box 5/2
• The Slab Boys STA H.n.Box 5/3; STA J.a.Box 6/2
• The Slab Boys Trilogy STA M.a.21
• The Staffie STA Tape 3+4
• Still life STA H.n.Box 5/4; STA H.h.61
• Threads STA H.j.13

Campbell, Donald

• The Jesuit STA J.a.Box 7/1; STA H.j.50; STA Tape 5-6 (Performance)

Carroll, Paul Vincent

• Green cars go east STA B.r.14; STA B.t.Box 1/4; STA H.n.Box 6/3; STA H.x.25
• The strings my lord are false STA B.t.Box 1/5

Carswell, Donald

• Count Albany STA K.b.Box 11/12

Chapin, Harold

• The philosopher of Butterbiggans STA2B.c.Box11/7 & 8

Colquhoun, Donald

• Jean STA H.k.Box 1/3

Conn, Stewart

• The aquarium STA G.o.74-88
• The burning STA G.p.9-17; STA H.j.74
• Play donkey STA H.j.13; STA G.p.18-27; STA H.n.Box 7/4; STA K.h.Box 7/1; STA Tape 7 (Performance)

Corrie, Joe

• Hewers of coal STA H.j.42; STA Tape 26 (Performance)
• In time o' strife STA Tapes 24 & 25 (Performance); STA A. t.Box 3/11

Cullen, Mike

• Anna Weiss STA TP 5
• The collection STA H.q.Box 9/13
• The cut STA M.a.27

Di Mambro, Anne Marie

• Tally's blood STA J.i.Box 4/1

Evaristi, Marcella

• Commedia STA J.b.Box 7/6

Eveling, Stanley

• Mister STA J.n.Box 9/9-10

Ferguson, J.A.

• Campbell of Kilmhor STA H.k.Box 1/7; STA H.k.Box 2/16; STA 2B.c.Box 11/9; STA K.b.Box 5/12

Glover, Sue

• The Bondagers STA H.q.Box 9/6; STA J.v.Box 8/4
• The straw chair STA J.s.Box 3/3

Greig, David

• The architect STA TP 4

Hannan, Chris

• The baby STA M.a.31; STA TP 9
• Elizabeth Gordon Quinn STA 2J.i.Box 3/4
• The evil doers STA M.a.31; STA TP 9
• Shining souls STA TP 3

Harrower, David

• Kill the old torture their young STA TP 2

Heggie, Iain

• American bagpipes STA M.a.35
• A wholly healthy Glasgow STA 2J.c.Box 8

Kemp, Robert

• The heart is highland STA H.o.Box 6/4
• The other dear charmer STA G.i.7

Lochhead, Liz

• Blood and Ice STA H.o.Box 10/2
• Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off STA J.v.Box 2/6-7
• Perfect days STA M.c.81

MacDonald, Robert David

• Chinchilla STA E.w.Box 11/3; STA H.j.13; STA M.a.28
• Summit conference STA M.a.28
• A waste of time STA E.p.Box 2/4+5
• Webster STA E.q.Box 5/12; STA M.a.28

McGrath, John

• The cheviot, the stag and the black, black oil STA H.h.31; STA M.c.49

McGrath, Tom

• Animal STA H.p.Box 1/4; STA K.v.Box 10/5-10; STA K.v.Box 11/6-7 (Note these differ from the others)
• The Hardman STA J.e.Box 1/12; STA J.m.Box 4/11-12; STA Tape 16
• Laurel and Hardy STA J.e.Box 2/3; STA H.j.77

MacLeish, Robert

• The Gorbals story STA H.j.24; STA A.r.Box 9/2

McLellan, Robert

• The flouers o Edinburgh STA H.j.73; STA K.w.Box 1/6; STA 2H.h.59-60
• The hypocrite STA G.k.1-12
• Jamie the Saxt STA 2H.i.1-8; STA 2H.h.62-63; STA H.j.73; STA B.v.11-13

McMillan, Roddy

• All in good faith STA 2J.i.Box 9/1; STA J.e.Box 4/1; STAH.p.3/3
• The bevelllers STA H.j.44; STA Tape 19-20 (Performance)

Moffat, Graham

• Bunty pulls the strings STA JLC 1

Morgan, Edwin

• Cyrano de Bergerac STA M.a.18; STA H.q.Box 9/3

Munro, Rona

• Bold girls STA M.a.58
• Your turn to clean the stairs STA J.i.Box 5/7

Pocock, Isaac

• Rob Roy STA H.j.30; STA G.i.8-23

Reid, Alexander

• The warld's wonder STA 2G.h.1-12
• The Lass wi' the muckle mou STA G.b.35-37

Scott, Benedict

• The lambs of God STA A.r.Box 9/4-5

Stewart, Ena Lamont

• Men should weep STA H.j.33; STA A.r.Box 10/2+3 (3 is an earlier version); STA Tape 32-33 (Performance)
• Starched aprons STA A.r.Box 10/4

Taylor, C.P

• Bread and butter STA J.f.Box 10/7+8; STA J.i.Box 5/3; STA 2G.l.41
• Good STA M.a.39
• Operation Elvis STA M.a.39
• Walter STA H.j.13; STA K.w.Box 8/3; STA Tapes 21-22 (Performance)

Trembley, Michel

• The guid sisters STA 2J.i.Box 2/7

Trott, Harry

• U.A.B. STA A.t.Box 3

Watson, T.M.

• Johnny jouk the gibbet STA G.v.64-75

Books & Periodicals

Title-page from "The Waggle o' the Kilt" STA M.c.42

Books

Allen, Douglas
Culture and the Scottish labour movement STA A.t.Box 3/6

Bannister, Winifred
James Bridie and his theatre STA H.a.10 + 11; STA B.s.3+ 4

Barlow, Priscilla
Wise enough to play the fool STA M.a.51

Cameron, Alasdair
Study guide to Scottish Theatre STA M.b.6

Cameron, Alasdair & Adrienne Scullion
Scottish popular theatre and entertainment STA M.c.31

Campbell, Donald
A brighter sunshine STA H.i.29
Playing for Scotland STA M.c.37

Coveney, Michael
The Citz: 21 years of the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre STA H.k.22

Crawford, Robert and Varty, Anne
Liz Lochhead’s voices STA M.a.25

Dibden, J.C.
The annals of the Edinburgh stage STA H.b.27

Doyle, Paul A
Paul Vincent Carroll STA H.b.29

Findlay, Bill
The history of Scotttish Theatre STA M.c.54; STA TP11

Havergal, Giles
Choosing plays: the conditions of artistic choice at the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow, 1969-1985 STA H.i.11

Hill, John
Glasgow Unity Theatre: the search for a "Scottish People’s Theatre" STA A.r.Box 1/2
Scotland doesnae mean much tae Glesca STA A.r.Box 1/3
Towards a Scottish People’s Theatre: the rise and fall of Glasgow Unity STA A.r.Box 1/1

Isaac, W.
Alfred Wareing STA H.i.2

Lockerbie, Ian
Image and identity: theatre and cinema in Scotland and Quebec STA H.h.21

McDonald, Jan & Schumacher, Claude
The Citizens’ Theatre Season: Glasgow 1990 STA H.h.15

McDonald, Jan
What is a Citizens’ Theatre? STA H.k.Box 4/30

McGrath, John
The bone won’t break STA H.h.2

Mackie, A
The Scotch comedians STA H.i.49

McLennan, Elizabeth
The moon belongs to everyone STA H.h.7

McMillan, Joyce
The Traverse Theatre Story, 1963-1988 STA TP

Mardon, Ernest G.
The conflict between the individual and society in the plays of James Bridie STA H.c.32

Marshalsay, Karen
The waggle o’ the kilt: popular theatre and entertainment in Scotland STA M.c.42
The quest for a truly representative Scottish national drama: the Scottish National Players Thesis 9364

Mavor, Ronald
Dr Mavor and Mr Bridie STA H.i.41

Moffat, Alasdair
The Edinburgh Fringe STAH.e.17; STA H.i.22

Murdoch, Helen
Travelling hopefully STA H.e.20
Small is beautiful: small countries theatre conference STA M.c.57

Oliver, Cordelia
Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, Robert David MacDonald and German drama STA TP 12

Smith, Donald
The Scottish stage: a national theatre company for Scotland STA M.a.22

Stevenson, Randall & Wallace, Gavin
Scottish theatre since the seventies STA M.c.44
The Twelve seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company 1953-1956 STA H.c.16+17

Unwin, S, Killick, J & Pollock, A
The Traverse Theatre: 1963-1988 STA H.i.40

Periodicals

Chapman Vol 3. no 1 STA H.i.35

Chapman Vol 4, no 2 STA H.i.7

Chapman 43-44 STA H.i.5

Theatre Scotland STA H.q.Box 9