ATV Today: 15.06.1981: Play - Risky City

Summary

Risky City is a new and controversial play about violence in Coventry and is on at the city's Belgrade Theatre.

Year:

1981

Duration:

0:04:22

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Shots of local group the Wild Boys performing theme music 'Risky City'. Wendy Nelson spoke to the playwright, Ron Hutchinson, who talked about what he described as a tradition of violence in Coventry. Extracts from the hard-hitting play at the Belgrade Theatre. Interview with director, Michael Boyd, who said that the idea was to get the violence across to the audience.


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