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Subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council McGrath got hold of it and said why don't you have a loolr at it?’ So reluctant was Cilltord to open the drawer that McGrath had to send him a y / h -
TH F photocopy ol the play to malre him read ’ I H E A I R E it. Then he became interested. > _ y B The Play. ‘HOW "*9 3" Milerv “3 than psychiatric nursing—‘it's almost
CIIItord's Itrst. and covers VOW about human potential' — was written A C R S dlllerent territory irom his more recent some "me am, among my the
Eltoflfllivyfiglgfingy"litt'axggced a" hospital. ‘it was an incredibly exciting THEATRE (; 1. A .v c (2 w ' ° ' ’”
play to write. l’d spent twelve years . . , "‘9 T'avmev "a" pf°"°"°d mm '0 trying to write novels and stories and ( ()M PA N V lntemational tame. How Like an "mm Whom much success. "are, at “"99" ("0" '0 "9 “mm” by "mm" last, was something that was like a Co-Operatlve) is set in a psychiatric
With great release oi energy.’ hospital. Iocusslng on one young man In "we the may show 0m, 3
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D mm down’ "d 9m" mm “7' ""3 lascinatlng and benellclal. ‘lt’s litre a O t e distressed me enorrnousiy and I had to b" o, the past comm back to you . o . write it down. The problem was that it
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, teaming a lot lrorn this play— l’m sure it. ltsliong term eltects had nev" bw‘ it’s going to have an effect on my work, pm” V "mm"- P°°m 3 "‘3" a" but I can't tell what it will be yet.’ much more complex than you thinlr. But
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John ClitIord