Today and Yesterday
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Today and Yesterday is a 1975 series of three plays for children[1] by Alasdair Gray about life in nineteenth century Scotland, commissioned by Malcolm Hossack of Scottish BBC Educational Television. The plays show a TV presenter traveling in time to contrast the 1970s with the Victorian era, and, although written for a school audience, include many of Gray's political interests. Some of the themes covered in the series would return in Gray's Victorian novel Poor Things.
Episodes[]
The text for two episodes, The Streets and The School is available in the archives of the National Library of Scotland, Acc. 9247/29. Episode three, Industry, has been lost.
References[]
- ^ "Alasdair (James) Gray Biography". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
Categories:
- Scottish plays
- 1975 plays
- Plays set in Scotland
- Victorian era in popular culture
- 1970s play stubs