The first contemporary critical investigation since Liz Lochhead's appointment as Scotland's second Scots Makar, this Companion examines her poetry, theatre, visual and performing arts, and broadcast media. It also discusses her theatre for children and young people, her translations for the stage as well as translations of her texts into foreign languages and cultures.

Table of Contents

• Series Editors’ Preface
• Brief Biography of Liz Lochhead
• Introduction- Anne Varty
• 1 Poet and Performer: Practitioners Speak -Robyn Marsack, Andrew Greig, Robert Crawford, Marilyn Imrie, Joe Ahearne, Graham McLaren
• 2 Choices: Poems 1972-2011- Dorothy McMillan
• 3 The Colour of Black and White and Scottish Identity- Laura Severin
• 4 Liz Lochhead, Shakespeare and the Invention of Language- Nancy K. Gish
• 5 Lochhead Translated- Susanne Hagemann
• 6 Liz Lochhead's Drama Adaptations- John Corbett
• 7 Liz Lochhead and the Gothic- Benjamin Poore
• 8 Liz Lochhead's Theatre for Children and Young People- Anne Varty
• 9 A Woman's Voice- Adrienne Scullion
• Bibliography
• Notes on Contributors