John Mc Grath

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ken_Loach
gptkb:The_University_of_Salford
gptkb:play
gptkbp:active_years 1960-2002
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Scottish_National_Theatre
gptkb:7:84_Theatre_Company
gptkbp:associated_with Political activism
British theatre
Scottish theatre
gptkbp:awards gptkb:award
gptkb:Evening_Standard_Theatre_Award
Scottish Arts Council Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1934-09-12
1934-02-22
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Greenock,_Scotland
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:born gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:death_date 2002-05-22
2009-05-21
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:2009
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Western_Australia
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:election_year Landsdale
gptkbp:genre gptkb:High_School
Social realism
Political theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Mc Grath
gptkbp:influenced Contemporary theatre
Theatre in the UK
Playwriting in Scotland
Scottish theatre movement
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Eugene_O'_Neill
gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:The_Cheviot,_the_Stag_and_the_Black,_Black_Oil
political theatre
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
Scottish
gptkbp:notable_quote " Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."
" The theatre is a place where we can explore the human condition."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Boys
gptkb:The_Last_of_the_Last
gptkb:The_Cheviot,_the_Stag_and_the_Black,_Black_Oil
The Shifting Heart
The Misanthrope (adaptation)
The Hard Man
The Great Mc Carthy
The Gorbals Story
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:party gptkb:Liberal_Party_of_Australia
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:position gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Mc_Grath
Maggie Mc Grath
gptkbp:term_end present
gptkbp:term_start gptkb:2013
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Gangs_of_New_York
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Wasn't_There
gptkb:The_Last_of_the_Last
gptkb:The_Cheviot,_the_Stag_and_the_Black,_Black_Oil
gptkb:The_Blacksmith's_Daughter
The Great Australian Play
The Hard Man