Scottish Playwright Tom McGrath Dies
Tom McGrath, the Scottish playwright, poet and jazz pianist has died
at the age of 68. He was diagnosed with cancer of the liver in 2007 and
was still writing and listening to experimental jazz music at home
until his peaceful death on Wednesday.
Born in Rutherglen, Glasgow in 1940, McGrath lived in
He is most famous for writing the popular play
More recently, he was Scottish Arts Council’s associate literary
director: a post crucial to the development of many younger playwrights
which McGrath held for over a decade.
– Joseph Pike