Books by John McGrath

"Methuen Drama student editions"--Cover.

A sunny September day. Heather Smithson, a senior MI5 controller, has a dilemma. Her job is on the line. She pauses in the sunshine to brood on recent events and what they mean in her life. Seattle, Genoa, New York: What is the battleground? Who is the enemy?Hyperlynx was performed as a one act rehearsed reading at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2001. Its grim premonition of the terrorist activity of September 11th, necessitated that John McGrath wrote a second act. He completed the play in November before his death in January 2002.Hyperlynx was the winner of the Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2002

In this account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John E. McGrath forwards the idea that we have much to gain from the experience of being watched.

The classic manifesto on popular theatre reissued.