Playwright and activist who, with her husband John Arden, was committed to politically engaged theatre Political activism, protest, dissent and conflict with the theatrical establishment were not acquired through the life experience of the writer and dramatist Margaretta D'Arcy, who has died aged 91. They were genetically formed, deep in her bones; experience merely enhanced them, and they sprouted in her marriage to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PM on December 4, 2025