Tom McGrath

Tom McGrath (1940 - 2009) was a Scottish playwright and jazz pianist.

He was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow. During the mid 1960s he was associated with the emerging UK underground culture, participating in Alexander Trocchi's Project Sigma, working as features editor of Peace News, and becoming founding editor of the International Times. During the early 1970s he worked with Billy Connolly on The Great Northern Welly-Boot Show. From 1974-77 he was director of the Third Eye Centre (named after the influence of Sri Chinmoy), an arts centre on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

During this time, he wrote the popular play Laurel and Hardy. In 1977 he worked with Jimmy Boyle (then recently released from the Special Unit at Barlinnie jail) on the play The Hardman. McGrath's autobiographical 1979 play The Innocent relates his drug use and addiction during the 1960s. His play Animal, an excursion into the anthropoid substructure of society, featured in the programme of the Edinburgh International Fest…more

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	Bomb Culture by Jeff Nuttall 3.77 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1968 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960 - 2000 (Polygon Pocketbooks) by Ross Birrell (Editor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama by Ian Brown (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scottish Theatre Since the Seventies by Randall Stevenson (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Riverside Interviews 6: Tom McGrath by Gavin Selerie (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre by Randall Stevenson (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2025 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caledonia Screaming: Year Zero Vol. 1: Scottish Punk 1976 - 1977 by Grant McPhee 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2025 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars