Citizens Theatre, Glasgow: John Byrne's Slab Boys has a special place in Scottish theatre. Written in the 1970s, and looking back to the late 1950s, it examines the tensions of the generation gap without sentimentality and introduces a distinctively Glaswegian voice to the stage. Appropriately for an artist who has translated Chekhov into Scottish vernacular, Byrne's script bristles with caustic humour and …
SOURCE: The Stage at 05:57AM on February 16, 2015